by lameredith | Dec 21, 2015 | Family & Celebrations, Healing & Gratitude
Today is winter solstice, the longest and darkest day of the year. Nowhere is it felt more powerfully than here in Alaska, near the top of the world. I’ve spent years loathing this time of year, which regrettably falls right on the holidays. This has been an...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
It had been thirty years to the day since I met my father, a fact I mused only when I boarded the plane to see our shared kin in early June. I got to see my dad less than a handful of times before he died in 1995 after we were separated by a parental abduction in the...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations, Relationships & Dating
These days, since I’m working on a few different projects, I’m not always certain which direction to focus my blog posts. I’ve revised my memoir and given it to my editor (yay, me!) for an assessment, and I’m giving my novel a last tweak, now...
by lameredith | Jan 12, 2015 | Family & Celebrations, Healing & Gratitude
Happy New Year! Every New Year, I like to recap one thing I’m proud of that happened over the past year. On New Years Day in January, 2014, I made a bucket list item come true. I went to France and Italy alone and made memories, some of which were...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
Have you ever read an article in the paper that you just can’t forget? I’ve been stuck on the story of these sisters for five years now. That’s when I read a piece in Newsweek magazine in 2009 called the Power of Two, about the emotional reunion of Chinese...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations, Healing & Gratitude
Today I turned the big 5-0! Fifty years old! Yikes! Can you imagine? What do you think you will be doing on your 50th birthday? Or if you are 50 or older, what did you do on that big day? Traditionally, I spend birthdays reflecting on what I’ve accomplished...