I am Blessed

Our house was always filled with music (still is). But when my girls were growing up any situation could make us break out in song. For instance, on foggy mornings, we would sing America’s “Ain’t it foggy outside …. “ Vacuuming was almost always done to the soundtrack from Beaches. When one of the girls…

I have never been a dog person. In fact, as a child, I was deathly afraid of dogs. My grandma had a dog, Rusty, that I would quiver and hide behind a parent until he was locked away. The story is a cat got in my playpen as an infant, and more likely it was…

The last few weeks have given me too many reasons to reflect on how we each deal with sickness and health and life and death. When I was diagnosed with the brain tumor and cancer, I opted to share the situation via Facebook. My work has afforded me the opportunity to work all over the…

I for one in finding the mandate to stay home wonderful. I am cooking more and getting to things I’ve been ignoring for years. We are fortunate to have a comfortable home and all the amenities that go with that. We are also fortunate that the first hour of the day at our favorite supermarket…

I’ve always enjoyed volunteering. I don’t recall all of the opportunities, but some will stay with me forever. As a young teenager, I volunteered with an organization called ANCHOR (Answer the Needs of Children with Handicaps through Organized Recreation). During the summer there was a camp on the beach for ten weeks. It was a…

Last week marked the end of an incredible love story. My sister’s husband – the love of her life – died of a heart attack – the day before his fifty-eighth birthday. But the story starts years ago. 53 years ago, today, she was hit by a moving van. At the tender age of six…