Just Believe
Is the world a friendly place or not? Einstein said each person’s answer is the key to the way one lives. I have considered this question many times over the years. Mostly my answer has been yes. Even in the face of the horrors of injustice, violence, and death, my yes has strengthened the resolve […]
With Cautious Hugs
For the first time in a year of pandemic isolation, I set the table for five on Easter Sunday. I felt both excited and awkward, unsure that I had enough food, that the house looked okay, that we were, in fact, safe from infecting each other. After a year of restricted contact, we were about […]
Turning Loose
Turning loose is rarely graceful. I can’t think that there’s ever the right time to do so, especially the final letting go. Rarely are we ready. I certainly wasn’t. For me, it was a tug-o-war deal, yet the other side wasn’t pulling. My mom, growing weaker from an old illness, got sick over the holidays […]
Giving Up
It has now been over a year since the whole world, and my life along with it, changed in response to the pandemic. Perhaps the biggest change for me is simply the realization that it is truly impossible to know what the next year—or even the next day or minute—will bring. I still make plans, […]
