When our friend Natasha asked us if it would be too “cheeky” to invite us to her wedding in London, we unhesitatingly said that we would be honored to attend. Of Indian descent and her husband-to-be Sri Lankan, they planned a week-long series of events:...
Much to my surprise, I have the purr-fect nurse. You may have heard of her before - our cat Baby. As I started my breast cancer journey, Baby seamlessly slid out of her housecat persona into being the purr-fect nurse. Baby has always had what Shya and...
Fourteen hours into our flight to New Zealand, Shya sat across from me on my foot rest with the fold down table between us. The steward covered the table with white linen and voilà: we had an airborne café. The journey to this unknown land had...
I don’t think I’m special. In fact, I’m sure that I’m not. This story started a long time ago when I wasn’t capable of tying my shoelaces – and maybe even before that. I looked up to the people around me, as did you, and...
When is the last time you sent a love note? We don’t mean in the traditional sense: getting out paper and pen and inking a letter to a lover. We mean sending out an email, text, card, making a call, sending a sweet thought or...
When I first met Joe twelve years ago, I could tell there was something different about him. He was kind, honest, and so sure of himself. On our first date, he really listened to me, and our conversation was effortless. A few weeks later, we spent...
I hadn’t been feeling well for some time. I was exhausted, sleep did not recharge my batteries and work had become almost impossible. Then, in June, I was diagnosed with Waldenström macroglobulinemia, a rare type of blood cancer, named after the Swedish scientist Jan Gösta...
Do you ever want to just get away from your noisy world, curl up and have some quiet time? Baby does. When things get to be too much, or when an occasional visitor brings a dog, we have found baby deep in our closet, nestled...
Baby rarely “talks” out loud – unless it’s early morning when we haven’t roused fast enough to feed her. Then she has been known to race around the room verbalizing her displeasure. Primarily, however, Baby is quiet. Yet her feline form shouts her intent. Sleeping curled...
For years I have heard Ariel and Shya make the following suggestion to folks who are dating: go out with a variety of guys or gals - not just ones they think might be “The One.” To the best of my ability I listened to...