“Get home safe,” I called as my husband, Ken, headed into the airport terminal. Once inside, he turned and blew me a kiss. I patted my cheek, then sent one back at him. We smiled, then turned, each to our own destination. I got into my car to head back to the ship. The nextContinue reading “Get Home Safe”
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The Message
Delivering life changing news requires clarity and guts. The issue doesn’t become less heart wrenching with flowery words, clinical jargon, or gentle hesitations. You just have to say it. Experience taught me that. Years ago, I got called to the hospital to support an elderly parishioner whose husband had just had a heart attack. SeatedContinue reading “The Message”
Touching Steel
The offices of the World Trade Center Tribute Center occupied an upper floor in a building across from Ground Zero. When I arrived, Lee and Jen met me at the door. A retired career firefighter, Lee lost one of his two firefighter sons in the towers on 9/11. Jen, a local resident, had volunteered soonContinue reading “Touching Steel”
Never Forget
On September 11, 2015, students and staff at the Nuclear Power Training Command gathered to remember the events of September 11th 2001. Truth be told, only the staff could really remember since most of the students that year had been in kindergarten in 2001. I was asked to speak at the event. Here are myContinue reading “Never Forget”
Bender Tales 