It was another harbinger of the inevitable. Noah informed us a few weeks ago that he wanted to take his girlfriend out to dinner over Valentine’s Day weekend. He had the venue picked out and was regularly depositing his paycheck into a bank account so that he could use his debit card to pay the [...]
Friday night we went out for sushi and Chase was painfully undecided about his order. He was definitely hungry enough for three rolls, and had already selected a crunchy spicy tuna and a California roll, but he couldn’t settle on a third choice. I offered the obvious solution: Eel avocado. Chase was uncertain. “Do you [...]
And so it begins… or ends. Frankly, I’m not ready for either. My dear friend Sue lost her Dad last week. Alvin wasn’t the first of my friends’ fathers to pass away, but it sure felt like it. Maybe it’s because, he was to first to die seemingly of “old age” – the euphemism they [...]
I’m sitting in the parking lot at the synagogue with Noah. We are headed home after a morning of Sunday school, except something is different. Noah is behind the wheel, and I am a helpless passenger. Despite the fact that I have never taught anyone how to drive, and have never given Noah instructions, [...]
