Exploring one of life's most valuable gifts
When I first started dating my husband Mark more than five years ago, one of the things that drew me in was how connected he remained to his closest college friends. They’d celebrated milestones, weathered difficult transitions, and somehow kept showing up for one another across decades. Their friendship story began more than 45 years... Continue Reading →
Senior year of high school is an important threshold, one foot still in childhood, the other preparing for college or whatever may come next. For my son Will, his senior year started off busier than ever with his short, but intense golf season, college essay prep, and a full courseload. And then, a month into... Continue Reading →
Earlier this week as I walked out of my local Starbucks with my mobile order, I made eye contact with a driver pulling out of her parking space. We immediately smiled and waved, recognizing each other as colleagues from the two years I spent working for Northwestern University more than seven years ago. That moment... Continue Reading →
Earlier this year I heard a story about one woman's love of ballet. Unfortunately, her family didn’t have the money for her to take lessons when she was a child, so she thought she would never learn to dance. But eventually she did learn ballet - and even performed in a production of Swan Lake!... Continue Reading →
