And, speaking about birthdays and birthday love, as many of you know, I share a birthday with my sister. My mother's birthday is the day after our birthdays. Both my mother and my sister passed away. And, now, I'm left holding the birthday alone. 50+ years For more than 50...
Tips on Mask Wearing Etiquette
Now that we have to wear masks for the unforeseeable near future, what is the etiquette for wearing masks? Is there an etiquette? According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), they say on the website to wear a mask when you can't socially distance inside and outside. Obviously, if...
Selfies in Strange Place
When I competed in my first triathlon, I was so proud. I asked the first person I saw to take a photo of me. I didn't notice the background. I was standing in front of the porta-potties. After that, I started to take note of the background of my selfies....
Thoughts about My Birthday…
Thoughts about my birthday -- When I was growing up, my mother always made a big deal about my sister and my birthday. I was born four years after my sister was born on her birthday. My mother had her own birthday the day after. So, April was a big...
Are There Coincidences?
The strangest thing happened. Some would call it a coincidence in triathlons. Others may say, there are no such things as coincidences in triathlons or anywhere else for that matter. Nearly a year ago, a woman, named Gina, reached out to me requesting that I review her newly designed kit....
Religious Books at CVS
I'm not opposed to retailers like CVS Pharmacy selling religious books if they sell books for all religions. Everyone has the right to believe what they want to believe. However, it bothers me when there is only one kind of religious book in a store and it's prominently displayed. At...
Can You Get Absolution from Someone In a Coma?
This was a post that I wrote last year and have been holding back but as 2019 gets underway, I thought it would be important to post. Can you get absolution from someone in a coma? I know this sounds absolutely ridiculous, but I noticed that there were many, many...
Waiting at the Doctor’s Office
Don't you just hate waiting at the doctor's office to see the physician? Or, what about when you're called in and you find yourself sitting on the bench in a robe for 20 minutes or more? Well, that happened to me the other day. I was sitting in one of...
Looking Back at 2018: Reflections on Travel, Loss, and Life’s Lessons
When the clock struck midnight on January 1, 2018, my social media feed was flooded with people saying how glad they were to leave 2017 behind. For me, the past year hadn’t been bad at all. It was steady, even boring—but in hindsight, I’d take a quiet 2017 over the...
Family Comes First on Catholic Faith Network
The 11th season of Family Comes First (airing Mondays at 1:30 pm) on Catholic Faith Network launched on October 30th. Vincent J. Russo, elder law and estate planning attorney, along with Victoria Robert Drogin interview a variety of real families, facing real issues. Family Comes First (FCF) has won 3...