Archive for May, 2015
2 More Meals to Fix
Do you remember my supper and simple salad for one, starting with rotisserie chicken, spinach, tomatoes and canned 3-bean salad, salad olives and artichoke hearts? I prepared two additional meals in 10 minutes recently—not counting boiling water while I watched the news. While I boiled a 9-ounce package of Buitoni Mushroom…
Résumé Virtues vs. Eulogy Virtues
Brooks, David. The Road to Character. New York: Random House. 2015 New York Times columnist David Brooks wants to have an important national conversation about moral character in his recently published book. He begins, “Recently I’ve been thinking about the difference between the résumé virtues and the eulogy virtues. The résumé…
The Very Public Face of Mourning
Today is President John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s 98th birthday, but he is forever fixed in memory as the handsome young President of Camelot–with the elegant wife and beautiful children–shot dead in Dallas at the age of 46. Some days are markers forever. We remember exactly where we were and what we…
What Do You Say When There Are No Words?
Before Lev died, when I didn’t know what to say or do, I stayed away. I went to the service. I sent flowers or a donation. I wrote a note. But I learned the hard way that the ministry of presence is the greatest gift that one can give someone…
THERE ARE NO WORDS
The headline news is personal. Those missing in Wimberley are my friends of more than 40 years. I know them all. I know their families. Pictured above, clockwise, from upper left: Jonathan & Laura McComb, with Andrew & Leighton; Sue & Ralph Carey; Michelle (Carey) & Randy Charba; Michelle &…
#2. Try Baby Steps
Tip #2: Try baby steps at first. Start out by spending a few days alone in a familiar city before or after joining friends or family on vacation. I have observed that anything that I did for or by myself while Lev was alive is easier to do as a…