Dear 2016, You sucked. You took legends. More than your fair share. You brought out the worst in our political process. You brought out the worst in our people. You took my grandmother. You took other beauty from me, too. I spent most of yesterday in the ER, after a freak accident in the ocean […]
I was on a plane just before Christmas not long ago when a little girl in a puffy pink jacket became what will be my eternal Christmas reminder. Maybe she can be the same for you, too. ____________________________________ “Do you believe in Santa Claus?” The question came from the little girl in a puffy pink […]
Four years ago today, my friend Scarlett’s six-year old son Jesse was killed as he charged the gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary, in one of the most horrific and tragic mornings in our nation’s history. This is not a story about remembering that day. This is a story about wildflowers. Scarlett grieved and mourned more […]