When I first lost my sight, friends came up with suggestions. “Here’s something you could do,” they’d say, their voices gushing with enthusiasm. They’d read a story about a blind guy who para-sails, a blind woman who ran the Chicago marathon, someone who canoed, another who loved his tandem kayak. “You could do that, Beth!” […]

Flo – that’s my mom – turns 94 today. My four sisters and I schedule our annual Sisters Weekend around Flo’s birthday each year. Two years ago we all gathered in Louisville to visit our brother Doug and his wife Shelley. Last year we stayed at an Inn on the Fox River and treated Flo […]

Who needs Oprah to tell us what to read?! Just got news that Hanni and Beth: Safe & Sound is one of the six books selected for the Martha Speaks Read-Aloud Book Club! From the PBS Kids web site: At the core of the Martha Speaks Read- Aloud Book Club are six culturally diverse children’s […]

This Tuesday Hanni and I head to Long Island – we’ll be visiting three different schools while we’re there. During our last visit, I thought it was kismet that we were there the very day David Paterson was named governor. David Paterson lost sight in his left eye and much of the sight in his […]

Loyal Safe & Sound blog readers might remember the angry post I published after I couldn’t vote for my favorite players to go to the All-Star Game in 2008. You make your vote, then you have to enter the distorted characters you see into a form. Then, and only then, can you complete the transaction. […]