Category Archives: Personal Memories
RIP RFK The Day Hope Died
Robert F. Kennedy represented hope. But on June 6, 1968, a nation was left once more to watch and grieve and wonder after another senseless act of violence robbed us of that hope. The GE alarm clock in my bedroom
RIP RFK The Day Hope Died
Robert F. Kennedy represented hope. But on June 6, 1968, a nation was left once more to watch and grieve and wonder after another senseless act of violence robbed us of that hope. The GE alarm clock in my bedroom
A Reunion With My High School
I’m going back to school today! A recurring dream I’ve had for decades is that I never actually graduated high school in 1973. The reason – I failed gym. The only way to get my diploma was to do a
A Reunion With My High School
I’m going back to school today! A recurring dream I’ve had for decades is that I never actually graduated high school in 1973. The reason – I failed gym. The only way to get my diploma was to do a
A Picture-Perfect Mother’s Day
There is not a single snapshot of my mother holding me as a baby. Not in black and white not in color. The kissing, cooing, and snuggling photos like the mother-daughter photos that fill my social media feed on birthdays
A Picture-Perfect Mother’s Day
There is not a single snapshot of my mother holding me as a baby. Not in black and white not in color. The kissing, cooing, and snuggling photos like the mother-daughter photos that fill my social media feed on birthdays
Does Print Matter? It Does to Me
As an old-school lover of newspapers, I’m particularly thrilled to have a double-page spread with a bonus Brownie-era photo published in Sunday’s New York Daily News. That a black and white snapshot my 30-something father took with his Brownie Starflex
Does Print Matter? It Does to Me
As an old-school lover of newspapers, I’m particularly thrilled to have a double-page spread with a bonus Brownie-era photo published in Sunday’s New York Daily News. That a black and white snapshot my 30-something father took with his Brownie Starflex
Talking About Mental Health
How we talk about mental health matters. What better way to usher in awareness about mental health month and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues, than hearing that Donald Trump called the woman who accused him of rape
Talking About Mental Health
How we talk about mental health matters. What better way to usher in awareness about mental health month and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues, than hearing that Donald Trump called the woman who accused him of rape
A Mouse In The House
While Ron DeSantis is duking it out with Mickey, I’ve got a mouse problem of my own. Though I may not be standing on a chair screeching “Eek a Mouse,” while stomping my feet, and clutching the hem of my
A Mouse In The House
While Ron DeSantis is duking it out with Mickey, I’ve got a mouse problem of my own. Though I may not be standing on a chair screeching “Eek a Mouse,” while stomping my feet, and clutching the hem of my
A Childhood World of Dudes in Dresses
The looney tune Right has been waxing nostalgic about the old cartoons that unlike today weren’t hell-bent on indoctrinating our kids on deviant sexual behavior. “When we were young you could watch cartoons without having to worry,” Governor Ron DeSantis
A Childhood World of Dudes in Dresses
The looney tune Right has been waxing nostalgic about the old cartoons that unlike today weren’t hell-bent on indoctrinating our kids on deviant sexual behavior. “When we were young you could watch cartoons without having to worry,” Governor Ron DeSantis
Pregnancy Tests Have Come a Long Way, Baby!
While obtaining an abortion is getting more and more difficult for some women, finding out you are pregnant is still the easy part. It’s as simple as going to your drugstore. But pregnancy tests did not always come in an
Pregnancy Tests Have Come a Long Way, Baby!
While obtaining an abortion is getting more and more difficult for some women, finding out you are pregnant is still the easy part. It’s as simple as going to your drugstore. But pregnancy tests did not always come in an
Remembrance Day
A day that I remember my mother is also a day to remember all those who perished in the Holocaust. As I remember my own mother Betty today, there is another young mother I want to honor today on Yom
Remembrance Day
A day that I remember my mother is also a day to remember all those who perished in the Holocaust. As I remember my own mother Betty today, there is another young mother I want to honor today on Yom
Mothers Never Leave Us Even When They Are Gone
Fifteen years ago in a darkened hospital room, I held my mother’s frail hand and gently whispered in her ear how she was the love of my life, that I was going to tell her story, that I would write
Mothers Never Leave Us Even When They Are Gone
Fifteen years ago in a darkened hospital room, I held my mother’s frail hand and gently whispered in her ear how she was the love of my life, that I was going to tell her story, that I would write
Envisioning The American Dream 