The Facebook Rabbit Hole

Little did Lewis Carroll know when he wrote ” Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast” how true that was.

Firsts. Lasts. Mother’s Day

One of the themes I have tried to reinforce to my kids over the years is around the lifetime of “firsts” that awaits them. We all have different experiences but I know, for me, I often felt trapped as a teenager – physically and emotionally – with no real understanding of the greater world that

Confessions of a Covid Confinement

“Socially distancing wasn’t the problem. Socially connecting was.”

Figuring it out

My son got his first college acceptance yesterday to the University of Pittsburgh. This was a well earned acceptance and he worked for every bit of it. Of course, I am incredibly proud and grateful for all the factors that helped smooth out any bumps – some of them large ones – along the way

Choices: The Haunting of February

I thought about writing every day for the past month. I was restless with thoughts of what I would write about, more than not reverting to a feeling that it was pointless. I ruminated in the dwelling of the everyday routine – caught between that split second when one emerges from sleep still not fully

The Election and Moving On.

I’m done with this election. 100%. Anyone who still doesn’t know who they’re voting for, if they’re voting, is holding out for something that is never going to come. I had a comedy fundraiser last night at a church and as I was heading back getting ready to pick up my son, it dawned on

The Trump in All of Us

I have had fun at Donald Trump’s expense over the past couple days tweeting about his most recent developments. He has seemed to be immune from any consequence linked to his self-centered arrogance, until now. I have been waiting for this moment like a little puppy waiting for his owner to get home. Sadly. Without

Riding in Cars with Budding Adults

A world of people who feel good about themselves would be a much different place than the one we live in today.

Acceptance AKA “What If…”

There is a school of thought or belief that the individual journey we are on is exactly the one we are supposed to be on. It is phrased in many different ways. Perhaps you have heard things such as “it was meant to be” or “it happened for a reason”. I don’t personally subscribe to

Remarkable Day

“… what really matters are the unexpected, wonderful, tragic, elaborate, simple, mind-boggling, boring things that happen in-between ..”