A tribute to Phyllis
It’s been a month. It has taken a month for me to compose my thoughts and write about my cousin Phyllis’s death - because it hurts. ...
An open letter to Texas lawmakers:
It appears that Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, will soon be signing into law Senate Bill 8, which bans abortion after a fetal...
And the Greatest of These is Love (1 Corinthians 13:13)
I've been thinking a lot lately about religion and spirituality, in particular about the role of religion in politics. I've been doing a...
Ivanhoe Circle
You can’t live in a place for almost four decades and NOT have stories to tell.
Musings on a half century marriage
So … today is Chandler’s and my 50th wedding anniversary. We said “I Do” in our apartment, the minister who lived upstairs (with dubious...
I Cry
Every morning I cry. I am invariably the first person to wake up, and I have a routine I seldom break. Make coffee, sit in the...
Second Thoughts
In 2018 I published a memoir in which I castigated myself for being an enabler – and indeed I was and still am. Instead of putting my...
Jake's Journey
Tonight, I will be attending a graduation ceremony that will be like no other I have attended. Because of the pandemic, students will be...
The Power of Empathy
As a school counselor, it wasn’t unusual for me to sit face-to-face with a student (or parent, or teacher) who came to me complaining...
My Mother's Eyes
The month of May, for so many a reminder of life’s renewal after a bleak winter, will forever be bittersweet for me. It was May, 2008,...