Our Screens are Stealing Precious Moments from our Lives
Photo by Balas Koren Published in ChicagoNow, June 1, 2015 We have all seen it: Parents with kids in a park, zoo, or restaurant whose...
May 31, 2015
Cleaning Out Mom’s Apartment – The Final Goodbye
Mom’s shrine – Wedding photos of her grandchildren Published in ChicagoNow, May 26, 2015 As I approach my 70th birthday, I find myself an...
May 25, 2015
A Commencement Message for Incoming Kindergarten Parents: Advocate
Published in ChicagoNow, May 20, 2015 Recently, I gave a talk to a group of parents whose children are going to kindergarten this fall....
May 19, 2015
Rebuilding a Life Lost to Mental Illness
Published in ChicagoNow, May 18, 2015 When we finally found the grave of my husband’s grandmother, Pauline Rose Levey, it was at the end...
May 17, 2015
Becoming a Matriarch
Can you find the new matriarch? Published in ChicagoNow, May 13, 2015 I was helping one of my grandkids with her third-grade spelling...
May 12, 2015
Mother’s Day: A Great Grandchild's Tribute to her Bubbe
Maya and Bubbe Published in ChicagoNow, May 7, 2015 This is my first Mother’s Day without Mom. When my mother died last month, my...
May 6, 2015
Let It Go: My Grandchild with Cystic Fibrosis
Published in ChicagoNow, May 6, 2015 It’s hard to describe the pain of watching someone you love challenged by a chronic illness. When I...
May 5, 2015
Kindergarten Discipline: Carrots & Sticks
Will this boy survive kindergarten? Published in ChicagoNow, May 4, 2015 Back in August, my grandson started kindergarten filled with...
May 3, 2015
Photos in Frames and Preserving Memories
Mom holding a framed photo of Dad during WWII Published in ChicagoNow, April 29, 2015 When my mother died on April 19, we had no problem...
Apr 28, 2015
Reflections on the Death of my Mother
With my mom 65+ years ago Published in ChicagoNow, April 27, 2015 My mother, Evelyn Levine, died April 19 just before midnight. She was...
Apr 26, 2015