What were you doing thirty years ago today? Your first response to that question might be: I have no idea! What if I changed the question and asked: what were you doing in 1982? Asked that way, the question gives you a frame of reference with which to consider the time relative to other important…
Month: October 2012
I Want to Be Alone
We’ve all heard them, those words uttered by Greta Garbo in the 1932 movie Grand Hotel: “I want to be alone; I just want to be alone”. I’ve been busy at work; some days I’m in meetings for almost the entire day. Never mind that it’s hard to get any real work done, it also…
Guest Post – Sonia Korn
I’m pleased to welcome memoirist and singer Sonia Korn today. At the age of eight, Sonia was declared an enemy of the German State. She and her family were given a grim option: find a way to disappear, or be rounded up and sent to certain death. Sonia’s Song is the story of a little…
I’m Golden
I went back to school when my children were young and, as a result, I was older than many of my classmates. There were other women of my approximate age (I was in my late twenties) in my class and some of the youngsters referred to us as “Golden Girls” referring to a popular TV…
Open Adoption
Today, I’m delighted to share this video trailer of a book called Open Adoption, Open Heart written by the adoptive father of two beautiful children, and fellow-contributor to Adoption Voices Magazine, Russell Elkins. Stories like this, and people like Russell, give me hope for the future of adoption. His children will never have to wonder what…