Recently I was contacted by an acquaintance of mine, a former colleague whose cousin had just been diagnosed with late stage cancer. The prognosis was not good, he said; they might have a year with him, maybe a few months, they weren’t sure. Having heard about the work I do, he asked about my availability […]
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Daughters
In 2004, one of the most popular songs on the radio was John Mayer’s Daughters. It actually went on to be named Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards in 2005. By then, my own daughter was just seven weeks old and had captured my heart as much as my son had two years […]
No Place Like Home
She can remember everything as if it was yesterday. And yet, nearly 70 years have passed. My mom grew up in Canaan, a small town in upstate New York, living with her parents and three siblings in a home my grandfather built. There were farm animals to feed, events at the grange hall, baseball on […]