“I’m so nervous,” he said. “Maybe I won’t fit in, or maybe people won’t like me.” At 88, my dad was facing a new experience in his life, and he was worried...more
We are experiencing unchartered times. Yesterday, my 83-year-old father said that in his lifetime he had never experienced anything like this, even though he did remember living through the polio epidemic. Dad said he and his...more
At 5:30 a.m. my phone started ringing. I am an early riser, but I have to say that I almost never get calls that early in the morning. In fact, that is my quiet time when I drink my coffee, think about my day ahead, and...more
"Amy, I really need to talk to you about something important." My mom said this to me weeks after we found out that her cancer, which she battled for over five years, had returned. My mom and I were very close and talked...more