Today, I grieve

Today, I grieve

Today, I grieve I grieve for my adopted homeland and its painful progress. I grieve for democracy and how threatened it feels. I grieve for my family, who is experiencing the slow decline of a loved one. I grieve for a relationship that once was, and now is different....
Matters of Perspective: 2020

Matters of Perspective: 2020

Perspective matters. The cool thing about getting older is that you gain more of it.  In 2020, I will turn 45, and I am finally ready to fully embrace “middle age.” That term has always sounded synonymous with “old” to me – when I was younger, I would picture...