Suprise Me

When I saw the original classic Disney cartoon (1950) of Cinderella as a child, I totally bought into her song of "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes." Read More

Long before the Covid vaccine, there were two other deadly diseases in our lifetime for which vaccines were a miracle cure. Read More

January 1, 1955. My father is watching the Rose Bowl on television. It’s freezing in Chicago that day, but bright and glorious in Pasadena where Ohio State trounces USC. Everyone looks happy, healthy. “Wouldn’t it be nice to raise these boys in California, where the sun shines all year long?” my dad asks my mother.… Read More

What is it about a friendship that stays with you forever, even when your communication is reduced to an annual letter and a few emails and phone calls? Read More

My father earned his nickname, Swearing Sid. Read More

Ken Sarason and Connie Stein were introduced by their oldest sisters, who were good friends, fellow members (and past presidents) of the National Council of Jewish Women in Detroit. The couple had their first date in February, 1946 and married four months later, in a small ceremony, attended only by immediate family, in Toledo, Ohio… Read More

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There is something liberating about a “date” when, from the outset, both know that there can be no future. Read More

My mother always had a wonderful sense of rhythm and a great ability to move her body to the beat of the music. I inherited that and my love of the arts from her. As a close friend, also with a depressed mother, said to me when I called to tell her of my mother’s… Read More