Family
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A new February
I really don’t want to write today. I want to curl up with a 3rd cup of coffee under snuggly blankets and watch completely mindless TV shows or some odd cartel documentary from 2015. I want to distract myself from the task of formulating feelings in my mind that will transfer to my hands and…
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Firsts & Lasts
I know it’s been awhile. I’ve been doing ‘nothin’ and everything since May and June and my son’s pending graduation. I don’t know about you, but when I’m emotionally overwhelmed, everything gets paralyzed. I mean not ‘everything’, I still fed my son and the cat, took out trash, made beds and brushed my teeth. But…
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Letters to my Son
Countdown to graduation… Dear Ravi, Although in my mind’s eye, I still see you as that slightly cherub ruddy faced toddler smiling and laughing most of the day, I know you are a man now. You have a beard and are 6’3”! Forgive your Mom for sometimes still treating you like a little boy. But…
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Real trophies
From age 6 to about age 18, whenever I blew out my birthday candles, I wished to make the Olympic team. Statistically speaking, I got ‘closer than most’ and made it to Olympic Trials and one World Trials. But never the team. There are many parents that win gold medals, others win major awards, eg…
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This holiday, parents can no longer ignore mental health
Dear Friends, I haven’t posted in awhile and not for any particular reason or negative event. On the contrary. November was a time of activity, accomplishments, and celebration. November was personally a month of wins: I finished my screenplay (with my partners) and that’s a big win, as I’ve had a myriad of distractions in…
