‘This is Us’ is on, grab the tissues. Anyone who has lost a parent probably had a hard time watching “This is Us.” I don’t just mean the finale, but the whole show. The series is based on how the loss of a parent early in life affects everyone in…

My dad died Oct 1, 2019 after a hard-fought battle with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy Body Dementia. In 2015, he told me he had a bucket…

I’m probably going to lose a few followers over this, but I have to say it. Stop riding up my bumper. Just stop it. I can’t claim that on a highway I don’t go over the speed limit. I do, but I would never, ever drive 100 miles an hour…

I set up a fun day for my husband Marc’s birthday at the Natural Bridge Caverns in San Antonio, TX in 2021. We did both the Discovery Tour and the Hidden Passages tour. The caverns were wonderful. We’ve always loved our cavern tours. These were a bit harder because they…

“Never in our lifetime have we been under such a threat of nuclear war.” I laughed as I listened to a talk radio show and heard this caller. As he continued to say this phrase over and over throughout his short time on the phone, I kept waiting for the…

It started off as an evening hike to be followed by watching the sunset with a glass of wine in hand. At least, that is what I had planned. My husband Marc, on the other hand, wanted some more adventure. …

I was sitting next to my dad in his room when he mentioned the pretty boats passing by his window. I asked him to “tell me about them” (one of his favorite phrases), and he proceeded to describe the boats. The scene he was describing sounded wonderful; the problem was…

After years in the planning, we were finally in NYC lined up to enter the Richard Rodgers Theater to see Hamilton. I’ve always loved musicals, and I helped to influence my niece and nephew to love them too. They introduced me to Hamilton when it first hit the theaters and…

My sister was following my dad back to his house, when my dad took a left turn on red. Sitting in her own car, she was about to lose her mind. We knew dad was starting to make mistakes driving, but that error was beyond the little things we had…