Pirouetting

February 26, 2025 Dear Mom, We live in a very discordant world right now. For that reason, I am focusing on my story of kindness and humanity. On July 15, 2024, my foot got stuck under the rod of the picnic table by Dockside and I splatted on the ground, breaking both my right wrist…

December 2025 Dear Mom, It is already December 28. Christmas has come and gone. It was a bit hectic this year, with so much going on, but for the last month I have been thinking about memories growing up with you, Dad and Charlie. Christmas was simpler back then, wasn’t it? Family time, decorations, a…

February 2026 Dear Mom, I recently taught a new class that you would have loved. It is thanks to you that I could teach the subject—letter writing! As soon as I learned to write, you insisted that I write thank you cards to anyone who sent me a gift. I loved it! All you had…

Dear Mom, Happpy Mother’s Day! I am deeply grateful for your presence in my life, both while on earth and now, wherever you may be. I know that you are with me, guiding me and helping me in subtle ways, that I probably do not even realize. Thank you. The last time I saw you…

July, 2026 Dear Mom, Now I truly understand why you loved to have us come to visit you in Cleveland and spend a few days enjoying our family time together. Sam and his family were here for four days at the end of June and I was in heaven. Sam is a sweet, charming three…

June 2026 Dear Mom, I am so grateful that you came for Sara’s birth, meeting her soon after she arrived. I feel incredibly blessed to have had the same opportunity with my first grandchild. I will never forget the moment of seeing him for the first time, within a half hour of his birth, talking…