What does it mean to be the black sheep?

March 23, 2022
black-sheep
Black sheep syndrome. It's that feeling that you don't belong. That you are different. That one of these people in your group is not like the others and it's...
Read The Post
10 Comments · Blog, Inspiration

Generational pain and the legacy of immigration

December 2, 2021
Ragu
I am the granddaughter of Sicilian immigrants, who left all they knew at the turn of the 20th century to forge a new life in a strange country. They did not speak...
Read The Post
21 Comments · Blog, Inspiration

Can you ever really go home again?

July 27, 2020
go-home
When I was not even 21 I left my hometown of Rochester, NY (the suburban town of Irondequoit, to be exact and EAST Irondequoit, to be precise.)  I left to start a new...
Read The Post
15 Comments · Blog, Travel

Love those who treat you right…

April 15, 2015
love-quotes
Love the people who treat you right. Forget about those who don't. I'd make a tweak in that "Love the people who treat you right."   I'd say "Love everyone. But...
Read The Post
23 Comments · Blog, Soul School

In the beginning

April 2, 2015
When M and I divorced in 1981 I threw away my wedding album. We didn't have children whose history it belonged to, so why would I keep it?  It's not like it was any...
Read The Post
67 Comments · Blog

Bronzed baby shoes

March 18, 2015
Most babies in the 1950s and maybe longer wore these traditional little white lace-up baby shoes. I love them--they remind me of purity and innocence. They are so...
Read The Post
31 Comments · Blog

No one is all good or all bad

November 17, 2014
My father could be a difficult man. No, I'm not going to detail how and when or why--for this story it's enough to say that he could be difficult and we had a pretty...
Read The Post
61 Comments · Blog

Family pictures: “if only we knew what was ahead̷...

October 29, 2013
Do you ever look at old family pictures and wonder at the innocence they portray? How we knew nothing of the life that was to unfold? How each decision we made took us...
Read The Post
23 Comments · Blog, Travel

Why I travel

June 4, 2013
After zipping my suitcase shut and slipping my laptop into a carryon,  the last thing I did this afternoon was slip one of my mother's rings on my finger to wear while...
Read The Post
7 Comments · Blog, Travel

Christmas Eve memory

December 24, 2012
It was snowing hardand so cold that Christmas Eve,13 years ago,when we said goodbye to you at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Just wanted you to know I haven't...
Read The Post
Leave a Comment · Blog

Follow Carol

Welcome!

Here you’ll find my blog, some of my essays, published writing, and my solo performances. There’s also a link to my Etsy shop for healing and grief tools offered through A Healing Spirit.

 

I love comments, so if something resonates with you in any way, don’t hesitate to leave a comment on my blog. Thank you for stopping by–oh, and why not subscribe so you don’t miss a single post?

Explore

Archives

Subscribe to my Blog

Receive notifications of my new blog posts directly to your email.