Remembering Larry Dear Friend, Today, October 15, 2020, marks the 10th anniversary of Larry’s death. 10 years. Somehow hitting a marker such as this has left me simultaneously stunned and reflective these past few weeks. Ten years my children didn’t have their dad. Ten years of birthdays, holidays, graduations, and vacations celebrated without Larry. Many milestones in the boy’s lives achieved. This 10-year anniversary, in and of itself, is a milestone. Every year, come September ( read more...
Hello! It’s been a few months since my last newsletter. I sincerely hope you and your family are doing well. Many changes have taken place over the past few months, but I feel the biggest change as we continue to cope with COVID-19, is the transformation of our homes. Our homes have become more than just a place to hang our hat. Our homes have been transformed into an office, a classroom, a church and even a doctors office via telemed. With many dining and entertainment venues read more...
Dear Graduating Class of 2020, You’ve been jipped. No way to sugarcoat this one. You have spent years working hard toward graduation, whether it be from 8th grade, high school, college, or another degree. All the course work, final exams, projects and planning to make sure you took just the right classes, was done with an end goal: graduation. Once January came and the second semester began, I’m sure many of you could see the light at the end of the tunnel and all the celebratory mil read more...
Happy Mother’s Day Every year on the second Sunday in May we celebrate mothers around the world. This Sunday, the celebration will be more special than ever before. For some, it may be the first time you have been able to see your mother in a long while. Various stay at home orders around our country have prohibited large gatherings and recommended grandparents take extra precautions. As these orders get lifted, some of us will be able to reunite with our moms sooner rather than later. read more...
Focus Where It Counts Dear Friend, What to do with all the time at home For the past few weeks, I’ve woken up each morning with a list of things to do running through my head. Clean out closets, sort through files in my office, trim the bushes, clean out the garage, etc. Of course, this is on top of my usual day-to-day “normal” duties, which have truly expanded with my whole family home, all day, every day. My initial thought, like many of you, when we were first ordered to stay at read more...
