A Quintessential Moment With Cancer
This day, with each of its moments slowing to the length of no less than an hour, punctuated by the reverberating beat of my heart, a pulsed give-and-receive of life running through me and back again. And again. And again still one. more. time. This day, where I began stuck in melancholy, missing my mother [...]
I’m Back (in black)
Greetings, all: First, let me thank all of you for your kind words, your emails, your cards, your everything. I am honored to know all of you, whether it be in person or online. All of you have made this passing much easier to bear, and I am very grateful. With each day that has [...]
When Turkeys Fly
My children do a wonderful job of informing me after the fact when it is “opposite” day. You can imagine what it’s like, being asked a bunch of loaded questions, answering in the negative on every occasion, and then being told that it’s opposite day, and I’ve just given them the right to eat a [...]
On This Sunday Morning
On this Sunday Morning, I think not of the back-to-school meetings that have passed, of the 30 or so reviews for my book Cold Rock that are now trickling in, of the passing anniversaries of my father’s birthday or his marriage to my mother 62 years ago, of the many meetings with students and parents [...]
Great Post-Op News for Cindy
Greetings, all… Thanks so much for all of your kind wishes and prayers. i am happy to report that Cindy is out of surgery and doing phenomenally well….Here’s the news straight from my brother-in-law: “Cindy is now in recovery and things could not have gone better. The surgeons just met with me and they are [...]
Cindy’s Surgery
Greetings, all: Well, my sister has her big surgery today. 16 years ago she battled lymphoma, and now she is battling cancer that she received from the treatments she underwent from that first fight. For the last four months, she has been undergoing intense and very painful chemo treatments, leaving her in the hospital for [...]
Blessings, no. 1
It’s been a few days since I’ve posted. I think the whole water-in-the-basement thing took more out of me than I realized…. I’m back though, and happy to be so. :) Blessings. I made the decision today (and not lightly) to join Team In Training to cycle the Seagull Century along Maryland’s Eastern Shore on [...]
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