For the second time in the last six months, my childhood friend Carey lost another parent. His father Bernie passed away last week. Though he was 85, he was sharp as a tack right up until the end. I remember summers when I was...

Last week, my childhood friend Carey’s  mother passed away. This was the second close friend in a little over a year who lost a mother. His mother Shirley was very creative. She ran a ceramics studio (which is how our...

The mother of my good friend Tim passed away last week. I went back home for the funeral service this past weekend. Tim’s mother Karen lost her second battle with cancer at the age of 65. As I would have expected, there...