Day 149: All last week was talk of memorials and the markers we use to link us to our past - to our dead - but what about the markers we...

Day 148: How do you know when a dream is just a dream, and when it’s a whispering from the grave? When I was little, whenever I had a bad...

Day 147: All week long, I’ve focused on memorials—the ways we place physical memorials as markers of remembrance, and the ways we...

Day 146: Last night we went swimming with our two sons and their families. We had four of our grandkids there. We were missing our little...

In this week of MEMORIALS, I couldn't really skip over the most important memorials of all, and those would be the personal memorials we...

Day 144: My oldest daughter, her husband, and her little girl just began a summer internship in Washington D.C. What an amazing...

Yesterday I went on about memorials and our innate need to place markers of remembrance. It reminds me of the second verse of John...

Day 142: We’re coming up on Memorial Day soon and I’ve begun thinking about the ways we memorialize those we love. A memorial is defined...

Day 141: Today I said goodbye to wedding to-do lists and tried to get back into a regular rhythm at work. Easier said than done. This...

Day 140: There was a Royal Wedding yesterday, laden with fanfare and worldwide coverage for all the world to witness. The day before, we...

Day 139: Tomorrow, the end of Wedding Week, will most likely wrap up with a summary of Wedding events and a sickening array of personal...

Day 138: There aren’t really words that can appropriately convey the depth of my gratitude for days like today. Pay-Off Days. The days...

Day 137: It’s Wedding Eve at our house! I’ve been thinking about my mom non-stop today, for so many reasons. I keep thinking about my own...

Day 136: Two days, people! Two days! There’s excitement in the air and fondant on the counter and boxes in the garage and last-minute...

Day 135: Hey! Who replaced Towelsday of Wedding Week with a Smatterday? It began with an 8:00am trip to the hair salon for the bride and...

Day 134: It’s Wedding Week At our House! Friday is the day. I realize that across the pond at Buckingham Palace, it’s wedding week, too,...

Day 133: Happy Mothers Day! Earlier this week I called this day the Trifecta of Unluckiness. This year, May 13 is Mothers Day, the 22nd...

Day 132: In this weeklong celebration of mothers, I shouldn’t skip over Mother Nature, especially since my family is spending time in...

Day 131: I can’t spend a week talking about mothers without talking about my mother-in-law. On Wednesday, I explained my view on who is a...

If I were to live in one of those weird LOST episodes, it would be entitled "May 13." May 13, 1971: Thursday. I was six years old. My...