She wanted me to share her words. She trusted me to tell her story. I was honored when my friend Erica sent me entries from her personal diary, asking that I share them with the world so that people would know what she was thinking — what she was feeling…

My friend Erica was born with a chronic terminal illness known as cystic fibrosis. Currently, as I’m writing this, she’s been in hospice care for a little over a month. Erica is just 32. Her hospice nurse told her that she is the oldest CF patient she had ever met…

The upcoming holiday season has been on my mind for the last few weeks, and it’s clear that it’s going to be the strangest holiday season of our lives. Last year, my partner and I were able to celebrate Thanksgiving with my partner’s family on Thursday before traveling to have…

“It is our choices … that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” -Albus Dumbledore- Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets. I was watching the Harry Potter movies recently for the millionth time. Whatever your feelings are about JK Rowling, I would say that I love what Daniel Radcliffe recently said, “If you had a connection to these books, then that’s sacred, if these books made you feel something, then that…

I want to apologize to the readers of my blog. I have not published anything in the last few months because it took me a while to decide what I wanted to write about. It has not been easy. Struggling to figure out what to write about next, I thought…

Nature is a painter

What’s happening in America is shameful, tragic, and appalling. Police brutality is widespread, and it is particularly insidious. Police officers, ostensibly tasked with protecting and serving communities, are too often provoking and taking part in community violence. …

With COVID-19 on the rise, we’ve all had to adjust to a new way of life. For me personally, I’ve been surprised to find that this was not all bad. I started to realize that within this pandemic, I’ve found more time for myself, and I’ve found time for things…