Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Had my sister Kathy not invited me to a Milwaukee Bucks game this weekend, I might never have known how grueling her cancer treatments are. She certainly would never have told me. Kathy doesn't like her cancer to inconvenience anyone else. A stage four breast cancer battler since 2016, Kathy has been astonishingly matter-of-fact about [...]
For a little perspective on Sunday's Packer game, you only needed to look for the right heroes on the field. I got to stand next to one of them during the National Anthem. My sister Kathy, a 12-year cancer survivor who has been stage four for the past eight years, has been wanting to hold [...]
My sister Kathy and I walked around Milwaukee Monday evening like a couple of A-list celebrities, high-fiving strangers, waving magnanimously to excited fans and accepting the shouted compliments of a passing, well-bearded Harley driver. My sister, a badass librarian, earned all this adulation honestly. I just wore the T-shirt. But we both reveled in the [...]
My sister Kathy is the middlest of middle children, Switzerland in family squabbles and loathe to offend anyone. But, you don't want to mess with her when it comes to books or the children who read them. A retired library media specialist, Kathy has made it her mission to read or re-read every banned book. [...]
Tuesday night belonged to the E Street Band, my sisters and me. Well, mostly it belonged to me and Bruce, but it was also fun to have my sisters along. I last saw Bruce Springsteen perform live back in 1984 when I was a summer intern at the hot rockin', flame throwin' Z95 radio station [...]