Preface July 1977 “Why do you only have one finger?”The question was not new for me, but the environment was. My older brother, Peter, and I had arrived the night before to…
Phantom Pain: An often-painful sensation of the presence of a limb that has been amputated. (Merriam-Webster) Preface August 1978 “C’mon, honey– smile. It’s not that bad. Here, let me measure your…
“Do what you delight in”and do it no matter what.” Susan Spencer-Wendel (1966-2014) Preface August 1976 As I looked around the congested airport, I began to cry. I couldn’t avoid the strange…
Preface June 1976 “Help! Can anyone hear me?”I shouted out as loudly as my seven-year-old body could possibly scream. While our younger brother Teddy stayed with my parents in Manhattan,…
October 1944 Two days after D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, my father, Marvin, turned 9. Though just a kid, he had been following the war lately with special interest as…
Preface March 1978 “C’mon Meg. Everyone is in the car waiting for you!”It was my Mom calling from just outside the front door; I could hear my Dad honking from our brown…
“A Sleeper:”A film that isn’t forecasted to do well, but has surprised the critics and achieved unexpected success. Preface May 1977 “Why would I want to come to a science fiction movie?” …
Preface January 1988 “Oh my gosh Mer, thanks for driving me all around campus this afternoon. Without you I couldn’t have registered for every class I wanted, especially the ancient history ones.…
Preface April 2014 “Wait John!” I tried to catch my husband’s attention but given the vast number of people swarming the ground floor of the Louvre in Paris, my shout was instantly…
Preface May 1981 “I can’t get my fingers out of this, Liane!” We had just returned from our friend Denise’s birthday party. Although cool party favors weren’t typical for us, this…
Preface April 2009 As I entered the colorful yet extremely loud party room at a nearby “My Gym”facility, I glanced over at the cubbies where rows of little pairs of socks and shoes…
Preface August 1980 Only in 5th grade, I was already the same height as my father’s mother. “Meggie, come over here, bubeleh. Let me roll those up for you.” My grandma…
Preface “Meggie, I’ll help you draw that heart for your Mommy. What color should I use?”(1974) “Here, I’ll help you cut that.”(1975) “Meg, do you want some help…