From the Future of Aging blog (a blog from the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging) about yesterday’s event at the National Press Club: Perhaps the most compelling story came from Beth Finke. Finke, an NPR commentator, spoke about her personal struggles after becoming blind at 26. Finke was relying on Social Security […]

My dad came home sick from work on my third birthday. Two weeks later, he died at home. Heart attack. He was 47 years old. I am the youngest of seven, and at age 45, Flo (my mom), was left to support us. She found a job at a local bakery, got to work on […]

What a fun time Hanni and I had on our visit to Champaign County! We made lots of new friends at the Philo Library, Countryside Day School and St. Thomas School, and the weather was absolutely sensational. Between school and library visits we managed to meet up with a few old friends, take long walks, […]

For my blog readers who are blind: the graphics in this blog post are a sampling of thank-you notes and pictures from Lincoln Trail Elementary School. I know from my husband Mike’s descriptions that one note says, “I’m allergic to barking dogs.” Another has wonderful misspellingsinvented spellings: “I injoyed your story and thank you again […]

I dressed up for Halloween this year, and Hanni led me outside to find out if friends could guess what I was. First guess: a waiter. I held out my arm, showed him the baseball in my palm. “Ozzie Guillen?” To be honest, few people noticed I was wearing a costume. Guess they figured I […]