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The Weight of Anniversaries

I’ve been working with a great therapist for the past couple of years. One of the things I’ve learned is how wounding anniversaries can be. Often I won’t consciously remember anniversaries; other times they are heavy on my mind. I’ve now come to know that every summer, around late July, the anniversary of my marriage starting to blow up makes…

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Nana-palooza

Everyone wish a very happy birthday to my mom, also known as “Nana” or “Shirley.” (I recently was at a dinner in which 3/5 of the fiber professionals present had mothers named Shirley — an elite club indeed.) Nana is 84 today and in great health, with all her buttons, living on her own in her house. I cannot tell…

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