“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost
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You Can Either Laugh Or Cry
It’s been one of those weeks. Dear friends are negotiating agonizing life events like watching their children suffer through heartbreak, losing old friends to cancer, dealing with cancer themselves, or making very hard decisions about aging, beloved pets. Fortunately, I’m not dealing with an immediate crisis, but I’ve been working on an intense story for The Moth about our unsuccessful fertility treatments several years ago. My husband and I are quite comfortable with how things turned out, but this particular walk down memory lane has been exhausting. Right now, most everyone I know needs a good laugh. [Read more…] about You Can Either Laugh Or Cry
Quote of the Week for May 21
“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.” — Mark Twain
Celebrating Ellie
My godchild Elizabeth Bellamy Brown — Ellie — graduates this year. There are all sorts of reasons why I love Ellie and not just because she’s my godchild. Mostly, she’s generous, funny, and has no filter. She says exactly what she means, which is what most of us long to do. She also has Asperger’s Syndrome and OCD, which, if you read my recent blog “Our Battle With OCD,” makes me love her that much more. [Read more…] about Celebrating Ellie
Quote of the Week for May 14
“There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea.” — Bernard-Paul Heroux