The Memory Jar

The space of memories is far and wide.

The Other Man, Hitler

My marriage officially ended in 2016. I blame Hitler. He really fucked things up for so many of us. How’s that for the understatement of the century? Now, even my own children, born over 50 years after liberation, have to suffer. (That may be the most Jewish sentence ever written, by the way.) In a

My Eyes Are Up Here (Thank you very much)

I have had a bad habit when I meet someone and I am hoping to break it this year. Often times, when I first see someone or meet somebody, my eyes divert to the finger on their hand closest to their pinky – you know the one, the “ring” finger. I’ll even check the right

Uncertainty – the only certainty.

“…no one know our stories – not even ourselves.”

Why are Marriage & Divorce So Separate?

..we would no longer so unrealistically separate the human condition which draws us into a commitment from that which may tell us it is finally time to move on.

Depression: the Reason vs the Lesson

I have to believe that I am here and at this point in this journey not necessarily for a reason but at least for a lesson. The two can be very different things. I can be passive about reason but with a lesson?

Losing Custody of My Doodle

Of all the things that was the strangest over the past three years of living through the hell of divorce and separation, it was the cessation of something I have done for as long as I can remember that has struck me the most. I stopped doing it when, now I realize, it probably would

A Most Significant February

I am much better off with knowing than not knowing, even if the knowing is not good.

Open Heart (Surgery)

Nothing snaps you out of the self pity associated with job uncertainty, divorce, financial instability and overall restlessness like sitting 175 miles away in your home while you know the person who gave birth to you is on a ventilator while someone rewires her heart.

Reflections, the Serenity Prayer & 2016

I have been attempting to write a blog post for the past week or so, thinking it is the right time for reflection as one year closes out and another begins. This is my third attempt and regardless of whether I feel it is worthy or not, I am going to post it, if for