posted: Feb 07, 2019.

Being a caregiver puts us to the test. It tests our emotional stability; it tests our mental focus; it tests our physical resolve; it tests our spiritual strength. It pushes Read more

posted: Jan 22, 2019.

I live alone. I recognize that other people who live alone are often lonely, but I am not. I engage easily enough with others, I am certainly comfortable in the Read more

posted: Jan 11, 2019.

Let’s start with a cliché: we are all born as a blank slate; a tabla rasa on whose emptiness, a world of virtually unlimited possibility vies for a kernel of Read more

posted: Jan 08, 2019.

*Lee: nounprotective shelter:The lee of the rock gave us some protection against the storm.the side or part that is sheltered or turned away from the wind:We erected our huts under Read more

posted: Jan 08, 2019.

 I can still be blindsided by the grief I thought I had moved beyond. Often, while driving, I will be listening to the radio and a particular song will remind Read more

posted: Jan 08, 2019.

I decided I wanted to take a road trip. Perhaps I needed to take a road trip, since it feels like normalcy had slipped out the back door of my Read more

posted: Dec 31, 2018.

I was hell bent on the idea that no one could possibly understand the needs of my wife Linda as she submerged deeper into the abyss of her Early Onset Read more

posted: Dec 27, 2018.

I am on Block Island for a few days. It is a beautiful outpost off of the coast of Rhode Island and the throngs of warm weather day-trippers have yet Read more

posted: Dec 25, 2018.

I confess, there are some of the 9 strategies that have been tougher for me than others. Taken collectively, there is no question that as a whole, they have contributed Read more