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Last weekend, in preparation for our son, Noah, our daughter-in law, Kelly, and our granddaughter, Yasmin moving back to Chicago from Sao Paulo, Brazil, I began organizing miscellaneous items I had stored in Noah’s room I was elated when I re-disovered two black cardboard three ring binders that contained HI-LITER newsletters from the 1970’s. The…
Read moreChicago Marathon Commitment
On July 17th, I wrote about my fellow Women In Networking (WIN) member, Christy Suerth and her commitment to her run with a LUNGevity team in the Chicago Marathon. Christy was training and running to find a cure for lung cancer, which is the leading cancer killer, and to honor her mom, Kay Barmore’s legacy.…
Read moreRosh Hashanah Raspberry Pie
One of our Jewish New Year traditions is celebrating Rosh Hashanah with my cousin’s from my father’s side of our family. Another tradition is my contributions to the holiday meal. I baked our dear friend, Joyce’s French Apple Pie and my Black Bear Raspberry Pie. I was given the recipe for the Raspberry Pie as a gift from the owner of the…
Read moreDiabetes Comfort Companion Story #5
The following is the 5th “Comfort Companion” Story from Purr-fect Pals, my picture book for children with diabetes. WHAT’S IN A NAME?Our phone rang at one o’clock one morning. It was Mike, the principal of Joshua’s high school. He asked my husband, Jordan, if Joshua, our son who has Type 1 diabetes, had come home from the basketball game.“He…
Read moreOrange Brain Color Personality Happiness!
Happiness for my “Orange Brain” is finally having a healthy computer. Sorry, I missed my posting my normal and Weekly Brain Color Clue about what makes an Orange Brainers’ Happy, last Monday. Having fun is a primary requirement for an Orange Brain Happiness. I love practicing Julia Cameron’s idea of an Artist Day, which she wrote about in…
Read moreAnnual Top Cats Motorcycle Club Picnic
Last Saturday morning, my husband, Jordan and I enjoyed another beautiful ride and picnic for our Annual Top Cats Motorcycle Club Picnic, which was organized by Mike and Cathy Bradbury.We rode with 13 other bikes. Our “Responsible Road Captain”, Dennis lead us on a scenic ride from Wauconda up to Genoa City, Wisconsin, West to the Wisconsin and Illinois State line, down…
Read moreDiabetes Comfort Companion Story #3
THE ODYSSEY BEGINS is the third story from my “Comfort Companion Stories” collection in Purr-fect Pals: A Kid, A Cat and Diabetes, my picture book for children with diabetes. When Joshua was first diagnosed, our family began an odyssey, a long, wandering journey marked by adventures in learning—about diabetes, ourselves, and each other. Our immediate goal was adjusting…
Read more“Green Brain” Personality Type Happiness is a Roget’s Thesaurus!
Thesaurus is the Latin word for treasure or treasury.Many people are familiar with the reference book entitled Roget’s Thesaurus and have a copy at their desks or on the bookshelf. Most people who work with a word processing program use the Shift + F7 key or tool- language – thesaurus option as a dictionary. However, most of people do not have a clue about the…
Read moreMemories of Myron Blumberg
This morning Jordan and I learned that our dear friend, Myron Blumberg, passed away. When Myron’s daughter, Deborah, called, I said, “You called to tell me something sad. Didn’t you?” “Yes,” she said, “My father passed away.” The news of Myron’s passing was very sad, but not surprising. He had suffered with Parkinson’s disease for many years. Jordan…
Read moreDirect “Green Brain” Diabetes Advice
Direct Advice is the 2nd of the 10 Comfort Companion Stories I want to share with you from Purr-fect Pals: A Kid, A Cat and Diabetes, my picture book for children with diabetes. Direct AdviceDuring our family’s Thanksgiving celebration in 1985, I noticed that our eldest son, Joshua, looked pale and thin. “You should see Dr. Bud tomorrow,” I…
Read morePresident Lincoln’s Cottage
Our neighbors asked us to watch their house, while they spend a week in Michigan at a summer cottage. Their request caused me to reminisce about escaping the scorching summer heat (before air conditioning) at my maternal grandparents’ summer the cottage in Union Pier, Michigan, when I was a child. Annually, families make their summer migrations to cottages…
Read moreThe Best Moment of My Life
The Best Moment of My Life is the first of my “Comfort Companion Stories.”Our Glazov family love affair with flying small aircraft began when my husband, Jordan, took flying lessons in a piper cub airplane, while he was attending Northwestern University Law School; and I was studying at Ohio State University to become a teacher. Jordan…
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