For anyone who has battled cancer, lost to cancer, kicked cancer’s butt, slow-danced with cancer, supported a loved one with cancer and wanted to see the flower grow out of the crack in the cement sidewalk… well, if cancer is the dark crack…my friend Sandy, and her band of volunteers, are the beautiful flowers. Look what one idea can do to spread ...
During the winter months, when the thermometer hovers below “chilly” and the sky turns metallic, I have to dig a little deeper for my joy. This stretch of calendar feels trip-wired for small bombs of worry and valleys of melancholy. Going about my day, the blues sift around in the background, like a mist or vapor. But at 3:30 AM, they puff up into ...
My mother’s idea of a beauty regimen is Ivory soap and a slash of red lipstick. She’s a frugal Yankee sort, never one to pore over the NYT style section or spend time gazing in mirrors, sucking in her cheeks and tummy. I routinely find her wearing — and I kid you not — clothes I discarded in high school. It’s important to point out here that I am 54 ...
This July 4th as we honor all that it means to keep our freedoms free, lets remember everyone who has served, whether or not they came home. The legacy of our great country, warts and all, was hard won and hard fought. I, for one, am proud to be an American. Please see the attached article which is appearing in this month’s Capitol ...
At a certain point in life, all of us will experience loss, grief and disappointment. We will all be tested, all end up downstream or upstream of where we set out to sail. The truth about life is that none of us truly has our hands on the script. It’s not possible to rewind the tape; no matter how much time we spend fantasizing about it with our head in ...