Who’s in Control?

Who’s in Control?

I spend a lot of time these days rearranging furniture and bookshelves. I’ve become the person who loves doing laundry and vacuuming. I find peace and calm in tackling a kitchen cabinet overstuffed with various containers of myriad contents and...
Confession

Confession

Today I want to talk about a little thing called truth, but I want to begin with a bit of backstory. My husband, Stan, is a chatter. He chats. He is not a talker. He does not relish deep conversations, especially about painful things or his feelings. In the 15 months...
What’s in a Future?

What’s in a Future?

I write as someone married to a man diagnosed with ALS. Regardless of whether or not it ought to, that truth has altered my perception of, and my approach to, life. The above photo was taken last month, just after I completed my first-ever marathon, an insanely...
Officially Neutral

Officially Neutral

These words took on an entirely new meaning as I stood in the visitor’s center at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 2022, reading the plaque explaining America’s global position prior to the events which occurred on that very spot in 1941. “In short,...