Her Paradigm Shift: Family

Stars - Stepping out of my car at night, standing in my driveway in the Chicago suburbs as remnants of the summer sun’s heat still trapped in the asphalt flows up and around my legs I absentmindedly look up, and remember […]
Stop the Violence - The following statistics may shock you. I know that on first hearing about the 2012 study conducted by RTI International and Blue Shield of California Foundation on 1,430 7th grade students, I was shocked. Being a survivor of dating and domestic violence myself, I knew just how serious the problem was for women. I knew […]
Union - Glancing up at my house as I turned from the mailbox and began to walk across the road on an incredible summer day, the “Proud Union Home” sign in the window caught my eye. The bumper sticker “Unions: The Folks That Brought You The Weekend” popped into my head, and I smiled. My mom’s dad […]
Hero - While sitting across the white tablecloth from Grandma and singing “Happy Birthday” it occurred to me how truly beautiful she was on her ninety-sixth birthday. I didn’t think it was possible to be beautiful at ninety-six but she had proved me wrong. She had dressed up in a hot pink blouse and wore a stunning […]
“Roots” - This year as Father’s Day came and went thoughts of my dad came to mind. I have childhood memories of him that still make me smile. He was the one who felt my head for fever and tucked the blanket around me when I was sick and laying on the front room couch. He was the one who took me to the movies introducing me to […]