Hello Family,

The other day while standing at a traffic light waiting to cross the street I noticed a man standing next to me who was in a deep conversation on his cell phone.  He was speaking rather loudly as he instructed the person on the other end of the phone to "Ju...

Hello Family,

The other day while in the supermarket I noticed a woman walking around asking people for money.  This is nothing unusual in New York.  Times are hard and people are suffering.  But there was something different about this woman.  Is wasn't that she was a d...

Hello Family,

I got caught in the rain a couple of weeks ago.  I felt a few drops touch the top of my head, roll down my forehead and then hit my jacket.  The drizzle quickly turned into a full rain fall and as I quickly walked down 34th Street, I thought of the saying "...

Hello Family,

I walked outside of my office yesterday and took in a deep breathe as the warmth of the day touched my face.  It felt good not to have to fight the harshness of the cold weather, even if only for a day.  This warm day came quickly and unexpectedly for this...

Hello Family,

As I sit at home stranded by the overflow of the winter snow, I am reminded of the quiet that came before the snow.  It is true that when most of us heard of the upcoming snow fall we took that quick trip to the supermarket to stock up on groceries; we went...

Hello Family,

Anyone who has ever driven with me knows that I have a really bad sense of direction.  The GPS was invented just for me because I am always making the wrong turn and getting lost somewhere.  I can't even count the many, many times that I had to pull into...

Hello Family!

I absolutely, positively love children.  I can just sit and have conversations with them for hours.  I often find myself paying basketball, jumping double-dutch, playing board games, hide and seek, have silly dance competitions or anything that will keep a...

Hello Family!

Yesterday after church I decided to go dress shopping.  I walked through the store looking at different dresses but nothing caught my eye.  I continued to look when I saw a dress that seemed to scream my name.  It was definitely calling me...Lisa! Lisa! L...

Hello Family,

The other day I was leaving Penn Station and decided to take the stairs instead of the escalator.  It was about fifty steps.  I started off fine but the more steps that I climbed, the more winded I became.  Perhaps it was because I was wearing four inch hee...