I was lucky this summer to get to go home for almost two whole weeks. I’ve always been grateful to be able to go back home in a way that few of my friends can. My mother still lives in my childhood home, and when I arrive, I carry my suitcase up the stairs and … Read more
I have a friend — an acquaintance who is the spouse of a friend — who is in a life -threatening cancer situation. Last night he wrote a post on Facebook about the impossibility, in his situation, of planning for the future, and about his current state of living in the reality of the moment … Read more
My brother is leaving LA and moving (back) to Chicago. I’m happy for him, because it feel like a change, and it feels he’s been looking for a change, but I’m also sad because he will be gone. Although we are certainly different in many ways, in other ways, of my siblings, we have the … Read more
Someone I know from my place of work died recently. He’d had an interesting life: He’d served in the military then done well in academia. He married four times and had a number of children. As the person who processed his expense reports, I can say that in very recent years he spent months at … Read more
My friend Rosie just celebrated her third cancerversary. Congrats Rosie. My own “cancer-free” status, has just passed the five year mark–kind of. After a surgery to remove the tumor in December of 03, I had a PET scan in February of 04, that showed clear results. There are a couple of reasons for my uncertainty … Read more