Tag: family

  • Too many goodbyes

    Too many goodbyes

    We buried my sweet Aunt Neva on Tuesday. She was 80 and had spent the last nine years battling Alzheimer’s. And today we said goodbye to my cousin Linda Rose. She was only 68 and had lost her fierce battle to peritoneal cancer. That’s too many funerals, too many good-byes for one week. But every…

  • I blame this business on my mother

    I blame this business on my mother

    My mother is to blame for this Personal Chapters business. I only wish she was alive so I could complain to her about sleepless nights, credit card charges, endless discussions with friends and colleagues and the birthing pains I have endured. But then I would also be sharing my joys and hopes and the immense…