Speaking of my Mom, she isn’t doing all that well.  Her headache turned into what I think is bronchitis… we will know tomorrow when we see our family physician. My Mom is a very, very independent person, and she is notoriously reluctant to ask for help.  I know how difficult it is for her, but how wonderfully appreciative she is, [...]

Audrey most definitely got her entrepreneurial spirit from her Dad and her paternal grandmother, Flo… but her passion for fashion?  That came directly through the genetic circuits and threads, so to speak, of my Mom, Rita. Even at almost 85, my Mom’s love of fashion keeps her closets veritable stock piles of garments.  She loves all colors and most fabrics, [...]

Yesterday was Jane’s birthday. Jane isn’t one to ask for things, even wish-list sorts of things for birthdays and Christmas, so I was pleasantly surprised when she told me last week that she really, really needs a vacuum cleaner for her NYC apartment… something small and light and easy to store for a, well, small studio apartment. Ah, a light [...]

My Mom is an amazing woman.  She is 4′ 7″ of energy.  84 years of energy. My Mom used to be taller.  She was once 4″ 11.5″.  Yes, she was that tall.  But I never thought of my Mom as anything short of, well… Energy.  Movement.  Force.  Beauty.  My Mom exercised well before it was the thing to do.  I [...]

I got that call on Saturday evening that no child wants.  It was my mom, who is 84, on the other end of the phone telling me that she had stomach pains all day that had worsened as night came.  My mom is a tiny little lady with an incredibly high tolerance to pain.  I knew this pain was serious. [...]

While Janie and I were talking recently about relationships and companionship and marriage and the magic and triumph of hope thereof… I found myself telling her about The Watering Can. The Watering Can is perhaps my metaphoric vision of the “to have and to hold” piece of life and love and relationships. But my “to have and to hold” belongs [...]

Journeys are always quests of discovery… whether discovery of history, culture, something fun and different or bigger than ourselves and our world. And then there’s the quest of self-discovery. Self-discovery is that purposeful digging into the very deepest parts of our minds, and often our bodies, and setting on a course to complete a journey-quest. One step at a time. [...]

I took my mom out to lunch today. We went to one of her favorite lunch places… Panera. Just the two of us. We sat at a nice cozy table for 2 and talked and talked as we ate our identical Asian Chicken Salads, both with multi-grain bread and dressing on the side. And water… tap. It is a warm, [...]

You know that song This Magic Moment. I think Lou Reed sang it. And The Drifters. You know it… This magic moment, So different and so new Was like any other Until I kissed you… Well, I’ve been thinking a lot about magic moments that mothers make for their children. From the very first moments. I’d love to hear some [...]

4 years ago today, there was a swirl of excitement, anticipation, romance and a sense of a new journey in my home. 4 years ago today, my littlest baby girl was getting ready for her wedding ceremony. Jane. My baby Janie. There is a bit of wonder, and a bit of breath-catching awe, when your youngest child is getting married. [...]