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

I am heartbroken over how the pandemic impacted my grandchildren. What they lost can never be fixed.

Thanksgiving 1989 My children would probably say that I am a lot like my mother (pictured above). By the time they were old enough to...

With two of my granddaughters in 2022 When Randy Newman’s song, Short People, came out in 1977, I laughed. Clearly, it was a satirical...

Published in ChicagoNow, July 17, 2018 My 12-year-old granddaughter, who has declared her intention to be the first woman president, was...

Published in ChicagoNow, April 2, 2018 Today is World Autism Awareness Day. I guess it’s a good idea to have a special day for autism...

Proving to two of my granddaughters that I could bake Bubbe’s cake from scratch Published in ChicagoNow, January 3, 2018 Recently, I...

Published in ChicagoNow, December 26, 2017 I have finally accepted that texting is the only way to really reach my kids. I guess email is...

Halloween 1979 – a simpler era Published in ChicagoNow, October 31, 2017 When did Halloween evolve into such a huge deal? I have a hard...

Published in ChicagoNow, September 8, 2017 You either love dolls or hate them. I am definitely in the doll-lovers camp. My mother adored...

Published in ChicagoNow, July 25, 2016 Recently, we took our grandkids to an actual, brick and mortar Barnes and Noble in a suburb of...