I would never have imagined it. Any of it. This morning when I found out today was National Cancer Survivor’s Day and wanted to put it on Facebook—I actually had to stop and think—how many years has it been, anyway? The fact that my brain didn’t automatically spit out a number was (a senior moment?) a surprise. In […]
Commencement
I love everything about graduations—the ceremony, the music, the emotion, the inspiration. I don’t remember much about my own; but since I’ve been a mother it’s a different story. I remember every detail of my kids’ graduations, especially the first. It was just pre-school, Alli’s first educational experience; and it had been wonderful. As graduation […]
The many lives of Shirley MacLaine
No wonder she’s an expert on lives in the past; she’s led so many lives in the present. Dancer. Actress. Activist. Author. Documentarian. She’s packed a lot into 78 years. All of those lives were on stage—live—when Shirley MacLaine brought her one woman show to Carmel recently. She just walks out onstage and […]
Perspective on Parenting: 10 Points
Everyone has talked about it, argued about it, written about it, parodied it — to the point that there’s nothing left to add to the conversation. But I’m doing it anyway. I can’t resist adding my two cents. Or sense. Or common sense. The cover is meant to get attention and sell magazines; that’s clear. […]
I am Forbidden
I was 45 years old; divorced with two children, when I re-married a man who wasn’t Jewish. My father refused to come to the wedding— and shut me out of his life. Though we were not raised to be strictly observant Jews, he had been raised Orthodox; I knew that Orthodox Jews don’t accept inter–marriage; they […]
Celebrating with love—and laughs
His birthday is this week; and we were planning an event to celebrate him. Our daughter Alli said she imagined it as a surprise party —and wanted to make sure that he would love everything about it. A couple months have gone by; memories of his pain and suffering have faded. Still it can be […]
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