Friends, countrymen, lend me your ear.   I have concerns.  They are thus:   Concern # 1.  People no longer understand what it means to dress fancy. Am I the only one concerned about this?  Because, I am.  Dressing up is a privilege and a delight, I tell you. […]

    Well, we are on week two of the very-viral very-everywhere ALS ice bucket challenge.  I know, I know, I can hear the groans…it started out cute and now it’s out-of-control.  Played.  Clogging up social media sites everywhere.   I even read this article in which the author called […]

  This is Florence Marigold.     She is two.  And darling.  And very sick.       This is Steve Stern.       He is 52.  And wonderful.  And also very sick.       Steve has ALS and Flo has SMA, which is sometimes called “Baby ALS” […]

  Last week was rough and it culminated in one very difficult night as I was preparing to leave town for 24 hours and dealing with everything necessary to do that while also making sure Steve has round-the-clock care. I wrote this on Friday night and I’m only sharing it today […]

  Yesterday, I filmed some devotions to go with my new book. It was a pretty involved process since we needed lots of them and each one requires several takes.  By the time I fell into bed last night, the whole experience was still buzzing around my brain to the degree that […]