Preface September 1970 “Let me see what I have.” If I had been old enough to speak, never-mind understand what my father was saying, I might have found it intriguing…
Redeem: To free from what distresses or harms or atoning from a mistake. The act of making something better. —Merriam-Webster. Preface April 2013 “What do you mean you won’t go to the…
Preface February 1976 “We’re gonna Zoom-Zoom-Zooma-Zoom”¦C’mon and Zooma-Zooma-Zooma-Zoom!”I stared at the kids jumping up and down singing with their arms swaying, wearing red and blue striped shirts. Although I was only seven, we…
Preface January 1978 “I don’t think you should try that. You don’t have ten fingers!”I was nine, standing next to my older brother Peter at Orchard Downs. Peter was older…
We all start out so unabashedly unashamed. Whatever makes us unique, different, special we regard without concern; we flaunt without a care. Then, we (or our child) change. Someone. Somehow.…
Preface October 1990 “Congrats, Jennifer! You won! You won!” The outburst came as soon as the vote was counted by my fellow Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority sister who then turned to…
Preface September 2013 “How was it at the nut-free table today, Savanna?” Our youngest of three had just begun elementary school. Although we were all collectively excited by her new…
Preface September 2009 “Oh I’m so sorry”¦.I didn’t know.”It was a brilliant day, at least as far as the weather was concerned. My husband John and I had decided to take our young…
Preface September 1980 “Er, sure I love to skate. I guess I just don’t feel like doing it now. I’m just gonna watch. Maybe I’ll join in later.”I had just been…
Preface September 4, 1965 Marvin Weinbaum was sure it was the same girl he had seen the prior day at the lake. In the instant he first noticed her at breakfast, Marvin thought…
Preface January 1969 “But will she be able to write?”I was only a few hours old, and father was outside in the hallway with the physician who had just delivered me. My…
Preface September 1981 “Daddy, is that a cat?”The heat was unbearable, but we had been living in Maadi, a suburb of Cairo for almost a month and my parents had yet to take…
Preface May 2002 “Who do you want to win, Johnny? Justin or Kelly?”My husband of three years had just run across the road from our home in Larchmont, New York to get…