I remember. I was 10 years old and I was sitting in the back seat of my parents car. We were waiting for my dad, who had run into the store. Mom turned on the radio, while we were waiting. A commercial was just ending and the DJ announced the next song as “Maggie May” […]
Once you get to adulthood, life seems to be just one long series of renovations – your house, your relationships, your body, your soul. We paint the walls, go to couples counseling, do the botox and read self-help books, but those things don’t really change us and who we are at our core. It’s only […]
Someone asked me the other day, if I believed in angels. I had to take a minute and collect my thoughts before answering. I never know how much of my beliefs to divulge. I have an extremely close relationship with death. I was born into a grieving household – my father was killed by a […]
February 6th – the happiest day and the most painful day, of my life. On February 6, 1965, at 3/2 years old, I was happily staying with my grandparents while my mom and dad were at the hospital, getting ready to bring my baby brother home. Not many people remember the date of their very […]
Like everyone else on this planet, I’ve gone through pain and heartbreak, but I’ve also enjoyed happiness and success at times. What I’ve learned, over the years, is that I am happiest when I’m surrounded by people who love and support me, and allow me to be my humanly-flawed self. When you find yourself in […]
So, here I am, on my 805th day of living out of a suitcase. When I came to Colorado to visit my Mom for a few weeks, in November 2016, I had no idea what to expect. I knew my mother was in a nursing home, but because I’d been living in New York for […]
Last year, was a tumultuous year for me. In March of 2018, my already-frail mother fell ill and it appeared as if we were going to lose her. Family flew in from all over, we stood vigil by her bedside and we started planning her funeral. But three months later, my mother was still here […]
