Jun 08
Two very special dates occurred recently – graduation of the class of 2012 on Friday (May 25), and Memorial Day last Monday (May 28) – one a joyous celebration of accomplishment, the other a heartfelt tribute to tremendous loss. I attended graduation last Friday; once again a proud mother watched her daughter cross the stage …
Mar 02
I don’t believe in coincidences. Whether part of some “divine plan” or a science deeper than we currently understand, I think everything happens for a reason. I see it as a philosophical version of Chaos Theory; in my thinking, there is a pattern, a Koch’s Curve to life. If we could just stand back far …
Jan 20
When my daughter was killed in a single-car rollover in 2008, my life changed abruptly and dramatically. In recent years I lost both my parents – Mother at age 73 in 2001 and Dad at 84 in 2006. We were a close-knit family, and although their passing was painful, it was expected: they were elderly …
