Still Advocating
Writings of a retired educator, advocate, & baby boomer

I still have no idea how I lost my phone. When we parked the car and started for the elevator in our building, I patted the zipped pocket...

Welcome to Cherry Preschool 2001 On this 23rd anniversary of 9/11, I’m lamenting the loss of community and caring I felt in the aftermath...

Funerals were forbidden when I was growing up. They were mysterious events my parents attended with other adults. My first introduction...

I called Endeavor Health to schedule the ABUS screening but was told that Medicare no longer covered it.

I hate how the specter of this disease still haunts my thoughts and informs some of the choices I make. COVID has made me feel old.

I’m younger than Joe Biden, but not by much. I play a version of what Rob Reiner (same age as me) calls Name That Name every day. Nouns...

I recently saw a Facebook post that posed the question “What is One Thing You Wish You Could Change About Your Wedding?” I was a young...

Maya and Bubbe Written May 7,2015 This is my first Mother’s Day without Mom. When my mother died last month, my 9-year-old granddaughter...

Early in the pandemic, when everything was shut down, my iPhone decided to throw in the towel. I ordered a new one online and...

While I hated texting at first, I have come to accept that it is probably the best way to communicate with family and friends....