It's Mother's Day. The day we celebrate our own mothers and all mothers. For me, it is a bittersweet day wrapped in an avalanche of emotions. I mourn the sad fact that my mom is not here. I celebrate that my daughter has two beautiful boys and is a great mom. I send love to all my family and friends who are mothers. My heart aches for my friend April because she has felt as if she is no longer a mom because her only child died. I am especially introspective each year becaus

With the COVID-19 Stay-at-Home attempts to keep us safe, people are grieving. We grieve for our way of life, the loss of freedom of movement or seeing our friends. We mourn the loss of a paycheck. We grieve for the loss of stability. There are some in the throes of grief for the loss of control. They don't like to be told what to do. They feel the stay at home order is an overreaction-a way to be controlled by the government. There are pockets of protesters who think they ha

One of my biggest COVID-19 quarantine projects is sorting what feels like thousands of photographs. My plan is to get them in order and then scan them to the cloud. That way I can get rid of the old photographs and save myself from moving four fewer boxes. I am so happy we have cell phones that take photos now. That's the good part. The sad part is sifting through decades of memories. Most are good but still sad. It's a double-edged sword to look back at happy occasions of p