Labor Day Reflections

Labor Day symbolizes the end of summer, yet it also marks the beginning of a season that's always felt more grounding to me. It’s the back-to-school season that in the past often meant the start of a new apartment lease in my adopted hometown of Chicago, and, more than once, a transition to a new... Continue Reading →

Navigating Transition

Last summer I wrote about the memorable trip my son John and I took to England and Scotland prior to the start of his freshman year of college. I was grateful for our time together, and we were both excited and a bit nervous about the major transition he was facing with the move to... Continue Reading →

Creating New Beginnings

As F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in The Great Gatsby: “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” The fall of 2021 promises to be a time of new beginnings for many, as record numbers of people are changing jobs in 2021 and many others may still be figuring out how to... Continue Reading →

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