Adulting Annie got married in her size ten, more like a size nine and a half, wedding dress and had a big gala event on a snowless evening. Dean and Marcus were married in their home, catered by someone Annie recommended highly but didn’t use for her own wedding. Annie went on to graduate with […]

As Time Goes By Grandma’s memorial was held at the Episcopalian church that Uncle Ryan belonged to and was an Alderman. He gave a short and surprisingly lyrical eulogy to Grandma. I listen dry-eyed, but my mother did not. I finally slipped the box of tissues between us on the pew. The reception was catered […]

“Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.” – Sophocles Annie calls just as I come into the house. “Now?” Trying on bridesmaid dresses is not something I had looked forward to, even less so on a summer day in July. “Give me an hour, oh! all right! thirty minutes. I’ll meet you there.” The box […]

“Truths and roses have thorns about them.” – Henry David Thoreau I had the day to myself after dropping my parents off at Pier 91 to board the Alaskan cruise ship. My mother had been unusually quiet during the morning preparations to leave, and I jabbered non-stop to fill the void. Grandma had recovered and […]

“It is our choices… that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” – J. K. Rowling Dean sweeps his hand in a grand gesture to welcome me as the door widens for my entrance. The first impression one gets upon entering the room is that every item in the room has its […]