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

Published in ChicagoNow, September 28, 2018 My daughter came home unexpectedly from work and discovered that the nanny, who was supposed...

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, June 26, 2017 Today, on Forgiveness Day, I’m thinking that all of the women who saw themselves in the movie Bad...

Published in ChicagoNow, May 12, 2017 I had saved a message from my late mother on my phone. It breaks my heart that, somehow in...

Photo by Tim Cummins Published in ChicagoNow, June 1, 2016 A young child’s life versus a gorilla’s? An easy decision for me. Don’t get me...

Even Kiddieland got old in August…and now my grandkids don’t even have that option Published in ChicagoNow, July 31, 2015 I should love...

With my father Published in ChicagoNow, June 18, 2015 When one of my brothers did something caring for my late mother, she used to say he...

Dad and me back in the day Posted in ChicagoNow, June 12, 2014 My father died two years ago. It still feels weird not searching for a...

A 7-year-old’s ode to summer Posted in ChicagoNow, June 9, 2014 Many months ago, I embarked on the seemingly endless project of...

By Laurie Levy, May 29, 2014 at 6:52 am Thinking back on it, I was always anxious about June. Even in years when I disliked the demands...