I’ve found myself thinking quite a bit lately about my beloved dog, Bella, and other late pets whom I miss dearly. My pets were always so much more to me than merely animals that I cared for; they were my family, beings with whom I shared my best and worst days. I think this sentiment is echoed by a vast majority of pet owners, and the more I recount my days with my own pets, the more I realize what an important role pets play in the stories we tell about our lives and families. A newlywed … [Read more...]
More Alike than Different: Where Did You Come From?
Last month, I wrote two blogs (“A Rising Generation is Making its Voice Heard” and “Embracing the Concept of Spiritual Co-Existence”) about relationships I’ve formed with individuals of different cultures, ethnicities and religions from my own. It’s amazing what we can discover about one another when we’re willing to become vulnerable and open to exchanging new ideas about what it means to be human. These conversations have helped me reflect on my own personal history and my family’s roots in … [Read more...]
Why Relationships Endure After a Loved One Dies
In my mother’s older years, she spent a good deal of her time writing stories about her life with my father who died at 36 of a heart attack in June 1956. At the time of his passing, she was seven months pregnant and just 34 years old. As a single mother, thanks to hard work and determination, she went on to make a good life for herself and her children. She got her bachelor’s degree and became a teacher. Later, she went on to earn a master’s degree and ultimately became the primary school … [Read more...]
Bohemian Rhapsody: A Touching Nomination
Those of you who follow me are aware that a central theme of my writings has always been that storytelling is a powerful tool for building human connections. In addition to the written word, film is one of the truest, most compelling and inventive ways ever created to tell stories. This versatile medium communicates ideas, evokes emotions, inspires deep thoughts, provokes us to action or simply entertains us. That’s why I always look forward to the Academy Awards. As a life-long academic, I … [Read more...]
A Rising Generation is Making its Voice Heard
There’s an old saying, “history doesn’t repeat itself; it rhymes.” I thought of this recently during a week punctuated by the anniversary of the Parkland shootings, pushback over the New Green Deal proposal and the ongoing debate about “The Wall.” Clearly a new generation rising is “woke” to America’s failure to embrace the principles of social justice, racial, gender and economic equality that we all fought to achieve more than half a century ago. The sad truth is that people of color, … [Read more...]
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