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

Maya and Bubbe Written May 7,2015 This is my first Mother’s Day without Mom. When my mother died last month, my 9-year-old granddaughter...

During a recent hospitalization, someone came into my room and asked me that. Without my iPhone close at hand, I panicked for a second....

“You can’t understand someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” — American saying, author unknown Part of aging is the physical...

Published in ChicagoNow, March 25, 2019 Granted, it is very unfair that rich and famous parents could bribe college officials, cheat on...

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

Headed for a "tender age" shelter Published in ChicagoNow, August 30, 2018 There are still over 500 children, many of them under age...

Apologies for the matching Polly Flinders dresses — what was I thinking? Published in ChicagoNow, August 12, 2018 Sunday, August 12 is...

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

Published in ChicagoNow, April 2, 2018 Today is World Autism Awareness Day. I guess it’s a good idea to have a special day for autism...

The power of words from churchsimplified.com Published in ChicagoNow, October 16, 2017 A reader presented me with a challenge when she...