If you have nothing nice to say…

Mrs. Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell, one of the influences in my life, has died just 5 days after her 101st birthday. Mrs. Campbell was a member of the first elected school board here in Arlington, Virginia; she worked  [more...]

I stepped off the plane in Austin and was immediately hit with a wall of heat… I wondered if we hadn’t taken a wrong turn there and ended up a bit closer to the sun than I had wanted. Funny, after all my  [more...]

When someone passes away, those left behind are faced with two obstacles in their path — first, the loss itself, and then second and perhaps more difficult, letting go and moving on. It’s been a week since  [more...]