30 Things I wish I knew at 30
For Lindsay on her 30th Birthday, August 13, 2021 Thirty things I have learned in thirty years that I wish I knew when I was thirty. 1. ...
Saying Goodbye to a Horrible Dog
How many people have a dog who has spent the night in jail? We do. Did. The Gahanna Police called and begged me to come get Turbo off...
Where Corona is still just a Beer.
Today I went to a farm auction. A client asked me to place a bid on their behalf on a bucolic piece of real estate. Just over an hour...
My Mini-Me is Better Than Me.
Mothers are irrational. That’s not a sexist statement, it’s the truth. Ask any mother (which is all mothers) who have ever hit a hard...
Don't Kiss Girls and other ignored advice
When he was born the nurse at St. Anne's hospital walked to my bedside and asked "Do you want me to take him out so you can sleep?" "No,...
I danced at his wedding.
Every good mother will tell you there is something special about her firstborn. And every good son will tell you that the relationship...
On the Road. For Jordan on his 31st Birthday
Jordan Chiero is on the road today, January 23, his 31st Birthday. He is scouting young baseball players for his employer. On a...
Really Old Wallpaper
Really old wallpaper. It stops me in my tracks every time. A sobering reminder of my own mortality. Here’s what happens: I’m a Realtor...
The Holder of the String
One year ago today I married this man. (And they said it wouldn’t last…) When you seek to marry (again) at 59 you know more. You decide...
I am 60 today. I have DSAP. I am so grateful for both.
Decades ago I began seeing splotchy red spots on my arm. The spots would get worse in the sun and itch in heat. Warnings began coming...
