Still Advocating
Writings of a retired educator, advocate, & baby boomer

Published in ChicagoNow, September 8, 2017 You either love dolls or hate them. I am definitely in the doll-lovers camp. My mother adored...

Growing up like sisters Published in ChicagoNow, June 20, 2017 When my late mother entered her eighties, she often told me about which...

Published in ChicagoNow, June 7, 2017 1967. Quite a year to be launched from college into the world. The music was awesome but the...

Published in ChicagoNow, May 12, 2017 I had saved a message from my late mother on my phone. It breaks my heart that, somehow in...

Published in ChicagoNow, April 10, 2017 Today is my brother’s birthday, so I was searching old family photos for one of his baby pictures...

Wish I looked like this now! Published in ChicagoNow, February 9, 2017 I remember turning forty so clearly. Back in 1985, when you were...

Aunt Bea’s Chocolate Cake Published in ChicagoNow, January 3, 2017 I’m not sure anyone will want my recipe cards. My children tell me...

Crank up the stereo! Published in ChicagoNow, November 2, 2016 Last week, ChicagoNow had its monthly writing challenge, “Blogapalooza,”...

Published in ChicagoNo, September 21, 2016 My mother wore it until they took it from her in the hospital before she died. I remember when...

Photo by Kathy Clark Published in ChicagoNow , August 3, 2016 As I see my mother’s favorite wildflower, Queen Anne’s Lace, popping up in...