ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER
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Clear filters ×coronapandemic · covid19
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.— Maya Angelou Miles and Mommy “at work.” Enforced stay-at-home because of the corona virus is not how I imagined it would…
5 min read Read Home in the time of COVID.career · Courage
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of…we know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart.”—Blaise Pascal As I walked Miles one cold Sunday afternoon recently at our favorite park, I was pondering my career and…
4 min read Read The Heart Knowscareer · Courage
“Coda: a concluding segment of a piece of music, a dance, or a statement. It’s usually short and adds a final embellishment beyond a natural ending point.”—Vocabulary.com Here I am, on the precipice once again. Corporate job—over. Writing life—ready to resume. I’ve…
4 min read Read CodaBaltimore · brothers
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. —ee cummings On Saturday, April 14, I will stand on the stage at the 15th Annual Baltimore CityLit Festival with my Listen…
2 min read Read Unconditionally Mom, part à deuxLoveWins · LTYMBaltimore2015
“I raised my sons to be extraordinary, to see possibilities, not roadblocks.”—Vicky D’Agostino, LTYM 2015 On a snowy February day I made a pivotal decision in my journey to becoming a bona fide storyteller. While stirring my grande pike’s at Starbucks, I…
3 min read Read Unconditionally Mom–LTYMEqualityWins · LoveWins
No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family.—U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Edwards I am humbled by the beautiful words of Justice Anthony Edwards in his written opinion for marriage…
2 min read Read #LoveWinsBaltimore · body image
“If diets worked, we’d all be thin already.”—Sandra Aamodt, neuroscientist and science writer Several years ago my friend Janelle and I were having another late night work conversation, long after we should have gone home but for the crushing workload. We were…
5 min read Read The Zipper to the Fat Suitcelebrations · Courage
I promise to love, honor and cherish you all the days of our lives. My son is getting married! On his wedding day, there will be vows exchanged, rings slipped happily on fingers, the traditional mother and son dance, cake cut and…
5 min read Read Getting Married9/11 · Courage
Today at 8:46 a.m. with thousands of other people, I stopped to offer prayers to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist bombing at the World Trade Center. 8:46 was the moment when the plane hit the first tower. I played “Amazing Grace”…
4 min read Read Amazing Grace
