Month: October 2021

I was told I would be teaching a class of twelve newcomers, who spoke no English. Alana would not arrive for a couple weeks because she was finishing her second year of college, so I was on my own to start. It was 2008, the […]

I also remember one day after Nana’s explanation of who I was, Baba lifted his hand up and gently cupped my cheek with his dry scratchy hand, and appeared to recognize me. There is never a more important time to count one’s blessings than after […]

For me, I had been partners with Andy for thirty years when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. I was forty seven years old and extrinsically characterized as nice, unconventional, optimistic, spontaneous, and a little spaced out. Most of this was true. Any diagnosis of […]