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

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....

Out maskless at granddaughter's performance Reflecting back to March, 2020, we had just returned from our grandkids’ swim meet in Indiana...

Our first TV behind our first baby, who is riding a low-tech wooden giraffe Our first TV was a wedding gift from my grandparents, which...

During a recent hospitalization, someone came into my room and asked me that. Without my iPhone close at hand, I panicked for a second....