The country is filled with hope and promise. Change is coming–and Obama has set the tone for how to make change happen. It won’t be easy, and it starts now. It’s time to survey the damage, roll up our sleeves, and get to work. To help him achieve change, Obama chose Rahm Emanuel as Chief of Staff. […]
Survey the damage, roll up our sleeves, and get to work
Destiny
Since I lost the election for school treasurer in 10th grade, I haven’t cried over an election. But back then, in the early days of the civil rights movement, I could have never imagined this night– or that I would live to see it. Seeing thousands of people pouring into the streets spontaneously to celebrate, all over […]
50 Stars
Every morning as a child, I stood by my desk in school, placed my hand over my heart, and said the pledge of allegiance to an American flag that had 48 stars. I’m old enough to remember when Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states–and old enough to forget which is which. I also […]
One Man’s Heart
We have a houseguest this week, a relative who is not on V’s side of the family, or on mine–but on my first husband’s. I’ve grown much closer to H’s side of the family since H and I divorced. (You can draw your own conclusions from that–and assume that H just dodged a bullet…) I […]
Not such a light lunch
It’s not every day that you sit down to lunch and something rocks your world. That happened to me today–when I found myself crying over my lunch in the middle of a crowded hotel ballroom. I could have been crying over a number of things–that my chicken was overcooked, that there were raw onions on my […]
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