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 […]
A lady at my mother’s nursing home turned 103 the other day. I wondered to myself, how many “new beginnings” she had in her lifetime. There are so many endings in life, especially as we get older, but the secret to life is to know that every ending is just a new beginning in disguise. […]
