Maybe COVID has us philosophizing more than normal, inspecting our lives with a newly honed internal eye. The importance of relationships glimmer within my looking glass. What nurtures them and what breaks them apart? In my analysis, judgement is an enemy to relationship building. Judgement is a barrier to the full...

Megan made even a Hefty Cinch Sac look amazing! She was tall, thin, thoughtful, and my older idol cousin from NY. Who knew some thirty years later that her hand-me-down dress would still hold space in my closet; and NOT because it fits! I can remember the orange shag carpet...

As a teenager, I watched my mom diligently make weekend trips to Candia, NH to pay bills, offer a hand in the garden and share a meal with Grammy who now lived alone after caring for my Grampy, who passed from Alzheimer’s. In the snapshot of our day to day...