If you realize midway through your cinnamon loaf bake that your family will be hungry for brunch before the bread will be done, or if you just want to make these on their own, here is a much simpler recipe for maple scones. And for those of you wondering where Noah is this week, he …
I started this blog one year ago on my birthday and pledged to write it for one year. Now that the year is up, I find myself both relieved and proud that I did it but also somewhat reluctant to see it end. I so enjoyed the dialogue about things and people I featured and I especially …
Age: 35 Location: Miami, FL Some people know early on that they want to go into medicine. When asked what they want to be when they grow up, their response is “a doctor” and they never waver. Priyanka Kamath was not one of those people. In fact, being a doctor was the one thing she knew she didn’t want to …
Location: Bend, Oregon I am looking forward to seeing my mom next weekend when I am in California. She is going to fly to San Francisco and we are going to head to Santa Cruz to visit my sister and her husband. It is such a treat that my mom has the means – both financial and …
Location: Atlanta, Georgia Our house was empty this weekend. I headed from Miami to Memphis to see my newly-minted 20-year old. I got to see her lead a tour of Rhodes College and perform with her improv troupe and I enjoyed spending quality time with her (like filling her fridge and gas tank). J David, meanwhile, headed to Atlanta to …
Age: 28 Location: Palm Coast, FL Heather Cribbs was slated to be the editor in chief of her Ocoee, Florida high school newspaper. She planned to become a journalist because, as she says, she “wanted to bring light to things and make a difference in people’s lives.” But just before her senior year of high school, the school …
I love birthdays. I love celebrating them, my own included. (My family accuses me of celebrating a birthday month, stretching out the festivities for as long as I can.) I think what saves me in being totally obnoxious about my glee in my own birthday is that I am just as excited about marking everyone else’s special day. I …
Location: Lexington, Massachusetts It is a good thing I was an outgoing kid who did not mind being the new kid, because my dad uprooted the family my junior year of high school to move us to Massachusetts for the year. He took advantage of a sabbatical year the Foreign Service offered him to pursue a …
Age: 49 Location: Charlotte When the tics started at age ten, Colleen Odegaard knew something was wrong. She would have movements she could not control, like blinking her eyes really forcefully and repetitively or opening her mouth wide and in quick succession. She also had words she would get stuck on and have to say out loud over and …
Location: Savannah, Georgia Last September, David joined me at several of my weekend speaking gigs since I was on the road the entire month for Ovarian Cancer Awareness month. (He has probably heard my talk over fifty times, but he says he never grows tired of it. That’s a good hubby I’ve got there.) Our travels always …