It occurs to me that anyone who has just started reading my blog might wonder why I have chosen to stay child-free. The reasons appear in a post I wrote over five years ago, at the age of 39. Take a look. This post also contains the phrase "at the...
I'm grateful for the place my family has in my life.
I've been saying it for years: You can't cure families; you can only prevent them.
[The following discussion is completely academic and philosophical with no connection to anything real that has ever happened, anywhere.] Given that the members of a family have the longest history together, know each other the best and have had the most time to build...
My father tells a story that has a certain ending, even though he tried his damnedest to make it turn out differently. He recently wrote:In 1962, I decided to make a month-long circle tour of Europe, i.e., London, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Innsbruck,...
I finally appreciate the education my parents and grandparents made available to me.
My sister (one year younger) is named Judy and she has a special needs child. Julia is going to be eight years old this summer and she takes a lot of attention and patience. Her diagnosis with her school district is “autistic characteristics” and although Julia looks...
Acculturation, or the uglier word assimilation, isn’t always a choice.