Old and irrelevant: Embracing negative thoughts and letting them go
[This column was first published in Radish Magazine, July 5, 2017.] I’m getting old. I know it by the calendar — I turned 54 in …
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Lessons in a Sunflower
My friend Delise would have been 54 today. But complications of something called Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) took her away when she was just …
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Life & Death
This blog posted on Huffington Post on 09-02-15. My friend is fighting for her life. Prayer requests are going out and prayers are going up. …
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Stop the War Within
It’s Day 4 of using my Fitbit to the fullest. Given what happened in Paris yesterday, it feels ridiculous, insignificant and narcissistic to write about …
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Finding the Courage to Ask for Help
Toni Aldrich Church loved her breasts. They were 36 DD. They defined her femininity. “They were the eye-catcher,” she said. She took care of them, …
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Making Sense of the Senseless
I don’t know Robin Williams, but like everyone else, I feel like I did. So when I heard the news that he had died of …
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Courage at the Gym
From my perch on the treadmill at the local rec center I watched her, alone, in the gym below me. She stood out, a young …
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