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

Fat lip less most of the blood Published in ChicagoNow, August 11, 2014 Accidents happen. They especially happen to toddlers. My...

Posted in ChicagoNow, August 4, 2014 Yesterday was Friendship Day and Forgiveness Day, but I was away from my computer, so I’ll celebrate...

One Mom's Mother's Day Message for her Daughters Posted in ChicagoNow, May 7, 2014 Dear Daughters, I raised you to believe you had to do...

Posted in ChicagoNow, April 24, 2014 (cartoon by Marcia Liss) My 90-year-old mother likes to tell me I’m her mother now. What I think she...

Cartoon by Marcia Liss Published in ChicagoNow, April 24, 2014 Is it possible to be a helicopter daughter, parent, and grandparent all at...

Published in ChicagoNow, November 25, 2013 (Photo: José M. Osorio for Chicago Dental Society) Thanksgiving feels like the right time of...