Stories & reflections
Slice-of-life stories, wheelchair escapades, and everyday discoveries from my “From Where I Sit” columns, featured in The Baltimore Sun publications.
This article was originally published in North County News. The static cackled, but the irritated voice came through clearly from her cell phone. “I have one more store to try,” she began. “I’m hoping Hunt Valley’s Wal-Mart won’t disappoint me.”…
Read more: Filling of storage boxes with the old fills void typically felt during winter →This article was originally published in North County News. We packed the pew. I parked my wheelchair as close as I could, bookending a collection of folks never assembled before. Snippets of my life’s chapters, filled with both pleasure and…
Read more: Ties that bind strengthened during the holiday season →This article was originally published in North County News. It was his second match in his first meet ever. Weighing in at 53 pounds, 8-year-old Sam shook his opponent’s hand and the wrestling began. But before Sam could even get…
Read more: Human spirit rises above any situation →This article was originally published in North County News. I laughed. Really laughed. It’d been a long time since I’d allowed humor to rise above the weight of 9/11 and its aftermath. And it felt good. Flipping between Leno and…
Read more: Humor is useful weapon in fight with tribulations →This article was originally published in North County News. We were waiting to board the plane to Orlando for our first-ever seven-day cruise. I had listened carefully as Brittany, my 14-year-old daughter, described all the items she had packed for…
Read more: It’s all about you, of course, but let’s get back to me →This article was originally published in North County News. “So how was the first day of school?” I asked my sister. Both her children had started new schools as they transitioned from Dallas to their new home in Georgia. “Adam…
Read more: Yellow marks and whistles for school’s first day →This article was originally published in North County News. He’d been reporting for hours. Perched behind the news desk, he had patiently described the scenes of destruction that filled our television screens. His words expertly framed the images of devastation…
Read more: From Where I Sit →This article was originally published in North County News. I feel like a genetic engineer. The thought was simple: Put Cookie, my black-and-white cat, with Domino, another black-and-white cat, and have a litter of feline Dalmatians! Cookie, as in Oreo…
Read more: The lessons of Cookie on life, kids, parents →
