From Mother to Mentor

My mom turned 94 years old yesterday. 94! If you caught a glimpse of her now, you would see someone doing simple puzzles, reveling in sing alongs, loving her sweets, repeating the same questions...…

It’s been a unique, transformational month in my household as the last of our clan’s three grown-up children left us for the next phase of life. They all had been long gone before, but each…

Written January 6, 2014 Here’s what going on with the Sauer clan at the moment. Alex got her Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate last year, sold or gave away most of…

Hello Family and Friends, A luxurious week of family togetherness compelled us to compose a 2011 summary to all of you. The problem is, we discovered we had never written a 2010 chronicle. To…

Written August 8, 2009 Earlier I posted a blog entitled ‘What Makes a Story?’ It suggested that it’s really not the monumental events in one’s life that define us, but rather the seemingly insignificant…

Written August 7, 2009 Earlier this year, I was invited to write a chapter for the book, The Impulse to Flourish: Women’s Stories That Inspire a Full, Creative Life (yet to be published.)  As I…

Written August 6th, 2009, shortly before my partner undertook a major job change, my daughter graduated from college, my first son from high school, and my youngest son from eighth grade.  My household is…