I recently commented on a favorite writer’s blog, the topic: point of surrender. People were generously commenting, sharing their...

The birdhouse my dad built many years ago took a beating over the last New England winter season of high winds and snow storms. This old...

I was leaving work last Friday chatting with a teacher, when another coworker stopped by to wish us a good weekend; quickly followed by a...

I looked at these photos with awe and amazement. John Leddy, my great grandfather, dragging a horse drawn plow across the field while...

This morning I was compelled to listen to the sounds of one of my favorite songwriters. I searched the internet for the video I had...

I spotted the box by my side door. I didn’t order anything; what could this be? I thought. The return address was New Jersey. I knew in...

The annual celebration of Valentine’s Day will soon be upon us. Images of hearts, cupids and candy imprinted with words of devotion...

Many I’ve talked to end the year 2021 exhausted. Time seems to have flown by and yet we still feel like we’re all treading water; stuck...

With the holidays quickly approaching, I took a moment to reflect on all that has happened since 2020. Our world had been knocked out of...

My whole life was in that phone. I panicked. My son was supposed to come home the following day and now I had no communication, cut off...

I sat in my garden with a couple of friends surrounded by flowers, a birdfeeder and an arbor covered with years of wisteria that had...

In 1964 I was nine years old. The Beatles had landed in America and we all watched history in the making as “I Want to Hold Your Hand”...

Sixty-six years ago, my mother gave birth to six and a half pounds of me. I thought about my mother, her mother, those who came before...

Here’s to the mothers of children with special needs whose patience, perseverance and love make a difference every day in the life of...

And there we stood, not yet 18, on the threshold of the unknown, of infinite possibilities. Childhood friends stepping out on a journey...

2020, a year that leveled the playing ground with a message loud and clear: we are all human. It shined a light on what is valuable in...

I went to the beach at sunset last week. It was a freezing 32 degrees, but not much wind. One by one cars pulled into the parking lot to...