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

Love sustained me through a great loss   I was scrolling through my photos looking for something else when this picture caught my eye. It...

Welcome to Cherry Preschool 2001 On this 23rd anniversary of 9/11, I’m lamenting the loss of community and caring I felt in the aftermath...

Published in ChicagoNow, June 25, 2019 Seventy-two years ago today, Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl was published. I remember...

Pure joy carrying the Torah at practice Published in ChicagoNow, February 27, 2019 I have been writing about how many religious...

Published in ChicagoNow, February 16, 2019 Lucy is one lucky dog. She had just joined my daughter’s family, a rescue dog with a sad...

The Happy Ending to the Evanston Park School Playground Story Published in ChicagoNow, October 18, 2018 “The future which we hold in...

Published in ChicagoNow, June 20, 2018 I needed to restore my faith in humanity after listening to an endless loop of the heartbreaking...

Photo by Mellierene4 via Flickr Published in ChicagoNow, March 29, 2018 Gus Lira has been Cherry Preschool’s custodian for most of its...

Published in ChiagoNow, November 6, 2017 When we were attacked on September 11, 2001, I was the director of Cherry Preschool. After...

In honor of John Lennon who sang, “Imagine all the people living life in peace.” Published in ChicagoNow, October 9, 2017 Today is John...