Cause for celebration during the height of COVID19 was rare. Amidst the uncertainty and suffering, finding joy, let alone expressing it, honestly felt somewhat irreverent. Yet a personal windfall, prompted[…]
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Mar
2023
Category: Inside Parenthood
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Feb
2021
“If you have love, you don’t need to have anything else, and if you don’t have it, it doesn’t matter much what else you have.” ~James M. Barrie Valentine’s Day[…]
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Jan
2021
Daily reports of hate-motivated violence, divisive rhetoric, threats to long-held racial, religious, and gender liberties, along with irreparable attacks on our planet, have led me to limit screen exposure. It’s[…]
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Dec
2020
During the cold, dreary days of winter, a popular childhood pastime was listening to records. (For those of you too young to remember, records were flat, black, vinyl discs upon[…]
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Dec
2020
This morning, as I walked through the first snow of the year, I noticed the quiet stillness created by the gently falling flakes. No other form of precipitation produces this[…]
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Jul
2020
Have you ever noticed that human nature is only used to explain undesirable behavior? Human nature is declared, and all too often accepted, as the explanation for nearly every example[…]
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Jul
2020
What exactly does it mean to be grown up? How do we know when we are? Is it based on age or achieved by merely reaching physical maturity? There are[…]
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May
2020
Several years ago, during my older son’s college orientation, the provost made a statement that had an immediate impact and continues to resonate with me to this day. He said,[…]
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May
2020
Andre Pater, a renowned equine artist, conducted a tour of his work that my younger son and I attended. During the tour, Mr. Pater was asked what advice he gives[…]
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May
2020
Sundays, during my childhood, meant making the arduous trek over hill and hollow to my maternal grandparents’ house for dinner. The scenic journey along state Route 11 bordered patchwork-quilt farms,[…]