Late would be better — is what I’m thinking. Because it’s 7 a.m. on a Sunday morning, hours before I normally open my eyes. On this day I’m already up and out —sitting on a folding chair on a cool gray morning in an enormous grassy field—along with more people than the entire population of […]
Stand back and watch
She’s two and a half. My daughter is sitting on the floor with the other toddlers in her weekly music class. Usually they sing songs as a group–but today’s there’s something new. 20 kids take turns singing solos—a song of their choice into a microphone. 19 of them sing the Alphabet Song or Twinkle Twinkle. […]
Pomp and Circumstance
Pomp: Nothing new there. Same song. Same outfits. Same speeches. The bigger changes are in Circumstance. Daniel’s graduation ceremony is broadcast live on the university’s website. In the beautiful Kohl Center, everyone around me is absorbed. Most are not looking up— at the stage or the video monitors. They’re looking down– at their cellphones. I’m […]
Nothing but Nachas
Nachas: A Yiddish word that means joy and blessings, especially from one’s children or grandchildren. Definitely one of those words we could really use in English. A friend of mine used to tell me about the latest trials and tribulations with his grown children and joke—“I’ve been a father for 30 years and I’m still […]
The Big C—for Connect
She’s a young mother, with small children, living in a community far away from her family and support system. She’s just been diagnosed with a very serious breast cancer—and she’s about to lose her breast and her hair. Doctors can treat her physically but her emotions are equally challenging. Terrified and overwhelmed, what she needs […]
the war goes on….
Bin Laden is gone but the war goes on. Every other day in Iraq or Afghanistan, a US soldier loses an arm or a leg. Thousands of miles away, their fellow soldiers are helping to fight another war that’s taking even more lives….closer to home. Members of the military joined the march last weekend at […]
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