Family
As my first quarter at the University of Washington begins, I can’t help but be reminded of another 17-year-old heading to Seattle from eastern Washington, exactly 59 years ago. That…
Oct. 2 would have been my brother Denny’s 77th birthday. Last year at this time, my sisters and I were busily preparing a birthday party for him at his assisted…
One of my all-time favorite songs is “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac. The landslide coming down in this song is a symbol for a sudden upheaval. It represents a time in…
The phone woke me up at 5:13 a.m. My automatic response was dread. It’s never good news when the phone rings during sleeping hours. I was actually relieved when I…
Welcome to May! As May is the month we celebrate Mother’s Day, it seems appropriate for me to reflect on motherhood. This May is especially significant to me, as a…
By Amy McGarry When I was a child in the early ‘70s, my family had a vast collection of vinyl record albums and 45s. I was taught from a young…
Remember when you were a kid and time seemed to go by so slowly? You felt like you were nine years old in the third grade forever. You were always…
I am the youngest of six sisters and one brother, all significantly older than me. Yes, I can hear the collective “oops” from you, readers. The benefit to having much…
According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics, there are approximately 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States. That’s a lot of people doing a lot of good with only the well-being of others as the bottom line.
In the Fall of 2018, we moved our family from a restricted gated community in hopes of finding something to ground our family. Little did we know that it would literally be the ground that did it.
