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My Dad's Birthday
Original Post: July 21, 2015 Today would have been my dad's 101st birthday. In the picture above my grandmother is holding my aunt Nancy....
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Fireflies, Wasps and Snakes: The Antioch Writers Workshop 2015
Original Post: July 27,2015 There should be a re-entry program for people who must go home and clean the house, take the dog for a walk...
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Dayton Community News Article: January 2015
Originally posted to my blog: April 14, 2015 The ‘Avenue’ of 1965 It’s June and a car radio plays the Rolling Stones new hit, (I Can’t...
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the morning dove
Original post: August 4, 2014 Darkness is slowly replaced by eastern light. For the first time in a long time I hear the coo of a morning...
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He Asked Her to Dance Post 5: Creating a Character
Original post: March 18, 2018 I celebrated my mother's 100 birthday nearly three years ago by inviting people who knew her to send me a...
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He Asked Her To Dance Post 4: Learning from Photos
Original post: March 5, 2014 I acquired the photo above from my cousin. His dad and mine were brothers. In the email that accompanied the...
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"He Asked Her To Dance" Post 3: Spirituality
Original post: February 21, 2018 During the 2012 presidential election, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints took center stage...
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"He Asked Her To Dance" Post # 2: Beginnings
Original post: February 6, 2014 Five years ago I was challenged to write about what happened during the time my mother was pregnant with...
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"He Asked Her To Dance." Post number 1: Process
Original post: January 28, 2014 There's an old English proverb that goes: "Necessity is the mother of invention." Â I write out of...
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Toilet Paper, Toothpaste and Tuna
Original post: 12/06/2013 Before my husband and I married twelve years ago, I told him that as long as we had money he could handle...
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Reluctant Pilgrim Part 3: Following the Hands
Original post: 8/14/2013 I followed a woman and her child. The hands of the child, casually draped over her mother's shoulder, rarely...
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One Day at a Time
Original Post: 5/20/2013 It's been a long journey to get to this point with Paul, and even though it appears that he is worse for wear,...
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St. Patrick's Day, 1967
3/16/2013 I’m standing on Race Street just above Seventh in Cincinnati, outside of Frisch’s; the Blue Wisp is there now. It’s freezing...
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And Now for Some Good News
Origianl post: February 17, 2013 Last week I went to Paul's room at the Drake Center but Paul wasn't there. His roommate said that he's...
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Transitions
Original post: February 6, 2013 What is in the apartment of a sixty-year-old man who has long-term brain injury? Here's a few things:...
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This is Paul
Original post Janury 9, 2013 This is my brother, Paul. He turned 60 years old in December. Paul is wheelchair bound, and lives in an...
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Paul's Progress, Keeping My Sanity
Original post January 22, 2013 I left for vacation 9 days ago, thinking that Paul's situation had changed, and it had. He was moved from...
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Paul, Alice and the Mad Hatter
Original post January 27, 2013 This is the thing with brain injury, it's like going down the rabbit hole with Alice, treacherous and...
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Breaking the Chains of Poverty: a Personal Story
Original Post from October, 2012 In 1998, I was awarded a scholarship by the Catholic's Women's Council of Cincinnati. It was a one-time...
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The Face of Poverty
Originally posted October 19, 2012 The movie http://www.thelinemovie.com/Â presented by Sojourner Magazine reveals the new face of...
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