I wrote this piece a few weeks before my dear aunt Fran lost her battle with cancer more than two years ago. Even after all this time, I find myself stopping to call her whenever my mother is driving me a bit crazy, or my kids are doing something I know she would love. This week would have been her 76th birthday. Though my mother named me Katherine, she has always had … [Read more...]
How I Learned to Spell Love
In my 49 years on this planet, I have had the chance to meet some amazing people and make a lot of good friends. Some have lasted beyond time and circumstance, while others have ended naturally after school, or a move or job change. A few ended painfully. But there is one friend whose effect on me was so profound that I think of her often. Carol and I were in the same … [Read more...]
Learning to Fly
Friday afternoon it rained heavily, while I sat in the temple with the other mourners, and we listened to the rabbi say beautiful things about someone I knew long before I was a wife, mother, writer, blogger, and social media addict. Michelle was a strong, kind person who had lost her hard-fought battle with cancer. My mind travels way back to a time before we each met … [Read more...]
