Four years ago I shared with you the experience of taking my daughter to her first concert. It was Pink and it was thrilling. It was also the same week Phillip Seymour Hoffman died from a drug overdose. This week I …
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(This column was originally published February 8, 2016) I always had a dream, a picture in my mind of one day owning a home and in that home having an office with a couch and windows that looked out at …
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There is a homeless man who lives near us. He lives in his wheelchair right in the middle of the sidewalk. He lives under blankets in his wheelchair right in the middle of the sidewalk. I see people pass him …
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(this column was originally posted December 2010) It’s that time of year again. The time when my strength, humor, ego and determination are put to the ultimate test. Yes, that’s right, I’m talking about single mom versus the mighty Christmas …
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That’s what I seem to be saying every single day I turn on the news. What the hell is happening?! Instead of writing today I thought I’d just post this amazing new song by my amazing guy. It’s chilling, beautiful …
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You never forget your very first friend. Mine was a boy named, Justin. We were two years old when we met. He lived up the street from me. We both loved cats, hide and seek, candy and mischief. He was …
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Heather Heyer’s question to us all — “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention” was heard around the world. Not because she was on television being interviewed but because she was on television having been killed by a white …
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Sometimes my writing fails me. Words on a page don’t seem good enough. Don’t seem strong enough. Don’t seem… enough. My heart is broken for all the parents who lost a child simply because they did what all kids want …
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