Very few people know the story I am about to share. It was a very dark time in my life. Without Chris and Liz the outcome may have been different. September 2002, 4 months after Dan died, his first birthday after he died. It was almost too much for me. I put Liz on alert […]
My 9/11 Story
After a rough weekend and a tough and scary Monday, we woke up late Tuesday morning and turned on the TV expecting to see the Rosie show. “What’s this? The news? Is this a War of the Worlds type show? Is this live???? That is an airplane flying into the World Trade Center!” I had […]
Septembers
September 19, 1980. That is when September started to be an important month for our family. It’s when my son Dan was born. Then there was the Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. I paid attention to it as a teen, I even volunteered when I was about 16 or 17. Then it was a big […]
Something My Daughter wrote in 2002
My daughter Liz did a google search on her name, which we do from time to time. She found a post she made on a site that had an email address for her that neither of us remembered. I put the domain into Archive.org and not only did she own the domain way back when, […]
Diabetes Supplies – It Shouldn’t Be This Hard
I have to rant – sorry… but this is really bugging me. I was recently diagnosed with diabetes, the “real” kind, not the “change your diet and you’ll be fine” kind. I get a glucose meter from the Dr. and prescriptions for the lancets and the test strips. Head off to the pharmacy. The lancets […]
Flowers With Wings: New Photo Book Series featuring Butterflies
Butterflies have always fascinated photographers and writers Deborah Carney and Vinny O’Hare. In this series of books features their photographs of butterflies with quotes, proverbs and poetry about butterflies. A Butterfly Lights Beside Us A butterfly lights beside us, like a sunbeam… and for a brief moment it’s glory and beauty belong to our world… […]
