“There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.” – Mark Twain I’m sorry that I didn’t find out what spurred my parents to immigrate to the U.S.Or what it was like for them growing up in…
“One of the reasons people get old – lose their aliveness – is that they get weighed down by all of their stuff.” ~Richard Leider “There isn’t even room for a puppy to lie down.” That’s how one friend described our other friend’s house. Patty had a neurological episode, similar to a stroke. When it…
“In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost. …What a wild, and rough, and stubborn wood this was, which in my thought renews the fear!” ― Dante, The Divine Comedy Many years ago, I was recently graduated, newly married, and…
Last year’s Ash Wednesday was near the end of February. The weekend after Lent began, we met our friends, Jane and her husband, in Times Square for dinner and a musical. Wow—were we innocent, or naïve? We had begun hearing about a virus, but it still seemed somewhere over there. No qualms about riding in…
This has been an interesting week for me… one of being drawn by the words in several different books; one of enjoying zoom calls, texts, and emails with family and friends; and one that has led me into much reflection about “sisterhood”… I started reading a Jan Karon book Mom gave me years ago that…
