Four years ago—January 19, 2017—I had surgery to remove a slow-growing, benign tumor inside my spinal column. It had been pushing against my spinal cord
Have you ever heard someone say, “I’m so OCD” when they do something perfectly reasonable like fold their towels a particular way (in my case,
12-6-17 We all have our favorite book or movie endings. Those perfect denouements that surprise you or confirm what you suspected all along or make
My mom, Eleanor, died Friday, June 5, 2020. I hope she’d say she lived a life full of adventure. I’m the seventh of eight children.
I’ve had a couple of harmonic convergences in the last few months. Last year I toyed with the idea of shaving my head. I’ve wanted
In 2009 I had the opportunity to spend both quality and quantity time with my mother while she recovered from surgery. Her recovery took about
If you’re alive, and/or have parents, and/or have children, you should get your hands on a copy of this book. It includes a ton of
When the priest said the last rites over my unresponsive dad in hospice Thursday, I was startled to hear this line from John 14:2
I’ve wanted to tap dance forever, it seems. Musicals make me swoon with joy at the dance numbers. Those flying feet, the percussion, the precision.
I’ve never thought of myself as a particularly resilient person. I mean, it’s not one of the top ten words I’d use in one of