The Cruise Chair
When my husband Richard’s health was failing it was a challenging time for both of us. After several months of nurturing him and being his primary caregiver, I took an extended weekend cruise touring the coast of CA. It was a break I needed, and I was fortunate to have a competent home health care…
To tell or Not to tell
Late Sept. 2001 To tell or not to tell, that is the question, I think while sitting on a toilet in the women’s room at the San Francisco Airport. It was a week to the day after the 9-11 attack in New York. I am on my way to visit my ailing Mother, who lives…
“The Glimmer,” a Superhero
Here I am again, looking over another impossible moment. Unfortunately, hospitals, particularly the ER and ICUs, are familiar places to me. I find myself here whenever there is reason to give up hope, and today is one such day. Mary Matthews was in a terrible accident. She had just gotten off the commuter train after…
Good Friends
As always, The See’s Candy arrived just in time for her birthday. Her friend of over forty years never seemed to forget how much she loved the “nuts and chews”. Sitting at her kitchen table, she opened the brown cardboard shipping package and found the one-pound box wrapped in white paper. Reaching for the table…