Absent Friends
It might be the most 2020 sentiment of all: I miss my friend. Lucca always felt like an old soul, even when his body was young. Maybe it was the eyes, big yellow saucers on his rem
Find Your Way Back
The black and white image has an iconic quality to it. The father leans in, embracing his adult son with both arms, turning slightly away from the camera to plant a kiss on his son
Choose Your Future
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”— E.L. Hartley One particular moment from the past has replayed in my mind over and over in recent month
Everything Is Heavier Right Now
The hardest part of the moment we’re living through isn’t the wait—it’s the weight. What a short time ago were the simplest everyday decisions now feel heavy with risk. Do
What I’ve Learned (So Far)
Many years ago Esquire magazine launched a series called What I’ve Learned, featuring famous people reflecting on their experiences and the lessons gained from them. In my previo
A Different Time
Last weekend—March 7th and 8th, 2020, just a week ago—suddenly feels like a different time. On Saturday our son brought our grandson and granddaughter over so he could take a l
Move Me
As readers of My Heart Sings the Harmony know, I really only have one set-in-stone requirement for any music that I’m going to choose to make part of my life: move me. Make me fe
A Hanukkah Story
We’ve talked about karma before. I tend to be a pretty grounded person from day to day, but as I’ve written elsewhere, I also find that sometimes the only reasonable thing to d
A Series of Moments
Life is a series of moments. The moment you took your first step. The moment you fell and split your chin open. The moment you landed a job that filled you with purpose and confide
Legacy
“We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us, and make us kinder. You always have the ch