Suprise Me

Don’t try to brush aside a death in the family. It won’t work. Read More

My birthday falls at the end of August, which is a lovely time of year, but a terrible time to have a birthday when you are young. Read More

A rigged contest. A hypocritical winner? Read More

My mother volunteered, or was more likely pressured, into becoming the assistant den mother--a less likely role for her I can't imagine. Read More

I always burst into tears when we turned the corner and I could see the big Tudor house in a nice section of Detroit where Dr. Himelhoch also had his office. I was sure it meant I would get a shot in my rear end, a painful and humiliating experience. Joseph Himelhoch was a large… Read More

Look for the Helpers – for Laurie My sister Laurie spent the last two years of her life in a Rockville, MD nursing home –  at 59 she may have been the youngest patient there.  I was Laurie’s medical  decision-maker then and eventually her court-appointed legal guardian. Laurie was strikingly beautiful, her looks and her… Read More

[T]he Fosters' marriage was the second for each. Seems that there had been an "exchange" at some point earlier such that two couples had simply, shall we say, reorganized. Read More

New ways to give thanks, even in thoughts, can show our gratitude. Read More

Think of what we all could accomplish if all parties stopped eye rolling ... and lecturing ... and started working together. Read More

I have a long history of poor sleep. When I was still working, a colleague and I used to joke that we should have called one another at 4:00 a.m. because we were both up at ridiculous o’clock every day. Read More