Forgetting What Is Truly Important

Forgetting What Is Truly Important

My husband and I went to a local barbecue joint this evening. As we talked and laughed about the day we’d just spent with our nine-month-old granddaughter, my phone beeped. The PM was from a neighbor. The news was incomprehensible: A young woman, who, with her...

Sisterhood and Friendship

Part of a very special circle of strong and wonderful women, I wrote this poem about sisterhood and friendship as we await the outcome of our friend Nola’s mastectomy. Machu Picchu was one of Nola’s “bucket list” places, and visiting that sacred place had a...