I’ve always been someone who juggles a lot of balls. Always. There were a few brief periods where I lived what most people would probably consider a normal life. I only worked one job. I was only managing two residences. Which, looking back, still sounds ridiculous, but compared to now, it felt downright relaxing. Back …
There should be a national holiday for women. WOMEN’S DAY! (Who needs Hallmark? Wait. I need to speak to whomever is in charge of holidays!) Not Mother’s Day. That’s just brunch, flowers, and a handmade card with macaroni glued to construction paper while we’re still expected to coordinate dinner reservations. I’m talking about an actual …
Today is the anniversary of the loss of my granddaughter. One of many difficult days of late. But today, I will choose to remember her laugh. She was always smiling and laughing. My silly “Noodle.” I have a video of her, my daughter and I having dinner in NYC. They laughed so hard, my daughter …
60th Birthday Gift from My Sister! (The gift was an antique typewriter that I just love.) One morning back in 2006, the strangest thing happened. I hadn’t written anything since high school, but I woke up with an entire movie in my head. No idea where it came from, but it was there, and I …
There is loss. And there is a kind of loss that knocks the wind out of you because it arrives without warning. No slow decline. No preparation. No long goodbye that allows your heart to quietly start making accommodations for what is coming. Someone I loved died suddenly last week at 47 years old. Forty-seven. …
Neil Diamond and Sweet Caroline are in heavy rotation in the office. By 2 PM I can barely breathe between the yawns. The busy boredom of soul-sucking work. The people are great. The environment, for the most part, is relaxed. So relaxed, in fact, that while filing, I find myself wondering exactly who the first …
Remember when you were young and every little thing felt like the end of the world? Life was over because someone didn’t call. Life was over because a relationship ended. Life was over because your boss looked at you funny. Life was over because your feelings got hurt, your plans fell apart, or somebody had …
Aging, I have determined, is the longest-running reality show none of us auditioned for! Yet, here we are, still somehow making it to the next episode. (No one wants to be sent home just yet! You know? Yeah, if you believe in that sort of thing. I’m referring to the “upper room!” Okay, now I …
There is a squirrel outside my window who lives a more decisive life than most humans I know. Not a better life. Not a more comfortable one. But definitely a more committed one. I mean being a squirrel is basically a full-time job of split-second, life-or-death decision making. Every. Single. Day. All Day! Cross the …
Where are my 70’s people? There was a song by BT Express in the early 70’s called “Do it.” (You know that period where all the best music was created!) Anyway, the first few lyrics were, “Ooh go on and do it. Do it. Do it til you’re satisfied. Whatever it is, do it! Do …