A rose is just a rose is the saying. Another is a rose by any other name is still a rose. But what if the cost of just one rose could make a difference in a child’s life. What if instead of giving 12 roses to your loved one this year you only gave eleven. […]
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The ambulance driver, in his rescue car, pulled in our driveway. “Do you want to come in?” “No. I’m good. Need to be by the radio.” “OK. Busy?” I ask. “Nonstop.” He answers. I enter in the house as Kaitlyn leaves. She is not planning to stay the night… “But I don’t know. In any […]
I want it back the way it was. We dug out for 7 hours yesterday. The official results is that our little town in Medford, Long Island was hit the hardest with 33 inches. I measured 31 inches but who am I to squabble at two inches. Just as we were finishing, some friends of […]
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Who Digs Us Out????
As I had my morning coffee, today, the day after the big storm, I looked out the window at the magnitude of what will lie ahead for us today. A whole lot of digging. Those of us who were hit by the storm will have a choice; dig out alone or enlist the entire family to grab […]
Those of us in the Northeast are buckling down for the incoming major storm. Again. This time; snow. We will cope. We are ready. Are you? I was speaking to someone recently and the discussion for ‘preparedness’ came up and I cannot stress that ‘back-up’ plans are okay but back-up for the back-up will make […]
I think back to that day, that September 26th, 1992 day; so very often. The trip up to Stony Brook Hospital. The day Kaitlyn was diagnosed. Perhaps my observation training as an actor, perhaps that observation training as a parent. The smell of the hospital. The scenery as you drive up to the hospital at […]