It’s the last day of breast cancer awareness month, and if my OBGYN, who found my lump two years ago, hadn’t said this month made him think of me, would I have even cared? Honestly? No. So many bad things are happening worldwide, from wars to mass panic–no one can add cancer awareness to the… Continue reading What’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month About, Really? Now “Gimme Some Candy”
My day started with the expectation to meet a friend at my favorite French cafe and buy Alexandra macaroons. But K called me and changed everything: “Keith’s in the hospital. He’s only got a day or two, maybe a week. I’m going to see him.” I canceled my plans and booked a train to New… Continue reading On The Loss of A Good Friend & Finding The Unexpected
My daughter’s gone to college to start her grand adventure (gulp) without me. I took comfort that Brooke Shields cried, dropping off her daughter at college, and her daughter’s a sophomore, not even a freshman. But who am I kidding? I can’t look that beautiful when I cry. But Alex always has to be practical… Continue reading On Being A Doorstopper No More, Unless My Daughter Calls On Me!
SORRY I’VE BEEN MIA! Yep! I got the dreaded Covid. For two years, I worried about the day it would hit me. What would happen? Would I be okay? I listened to so many stories of all the other people who got it, and I even lived through Skylar getting it before Twelfth Night and… Continue reading Loss of Sense of Humor–Unmasking Another Covid Symptom
Yesterday people posted upside-down flags, the DJ on the radio talked about what color you could wear to show your dissent, and people got shot at a 4th of July parade. Disturbing! And not because there were shootings on the 4th of July; Americans shoot Americans daily. So that part’s not surprising (sadly). But the… Continue reading I Believe In One Nation Under God, Do You?
Colonoscopies aren’t fun, but they’re fun to make fun of. And since I prepped for my first one on Father’s Day, I can officially make all the jokes I want. Yes, sh!t happens. But we’re going to have to go further than that, to a time when my Dad parked the rental car in La… Continue reading Sh!t Happens But Then There’s Sonny Vaccaro, Matt Damon & Ben Affleck
Last week was Memorial Day–when we honor those who lost their lives in battle, but I can’t shake the image of a veteran on the side of the busy road with the box in front of him, looking just as lost and swallowed up by life. I was late and had somewhere to go. Plus,… Continue reading Don’t Let Memorial Day Pass You By
Whenever I get stressed, tired, or sad, my brain becomes sluggish, and I’m hyper-aware of every step it’s taking and how it’s operating in slow-mo–like when you try to do something with your non-dominant hand. It must be hard for people to follow me when I speak. A memory pops up, and I have to… Continue reading Connecting the Dots with “Heart and Soul”
Since Sunday night, I’d been in Nashville with Skylar for an internship she has here, and I took three photos, maybe? Gone are the two trips we traveled here as a family and took tons of photos to document our memories. Now we’re separated. Dividing and conquering because everybody has something different going on all… Continue reading The Mother’s Day Special That Never Happened
Two weeks ago, everyone couldn’t stop talking about Joel Embiid’s three-pointer for the 76ers–what can you do in .8 seconds? The future seemed limitless. Sunday’s talk was about his injury–could this be the end? I have something to say about the whole thing. Only my head is spinning with two girls graduating (one from middle… Continue reading Why The Possible End of Embiid’s Season With The 76ers Makes Me Sad
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