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Recently after a scrumptious meal, our server placed on our table two fortune cookies along with the bill. I gave my sister the first choice. The familiar little piece of paper revealed nothing exciting or profound. I hurried to break my cookie hoping to find...

Retracing our first taxi rides with our grandson. A year and a half after retracing our first taxi ride, Charles and I found ourselves back in Greece. This time with our 18-year-old grandson Trey. The trip was a high school graduation gift we had talked about for...

This is the end of our first taxi ride. The giant plane trees and the fountain mini-park receded in the rearview mirror along with the memory they had awakened. I glanced to my right to glimpse Noula’s house. Decades of growth created a screen of glossy, green-leafed...

As we continued to retrace our first taxi ride, Makrohori’s Main Street receded in the rear-view mirror. The memory of Theo Pavlos and the 10-year-old me on the bus seeing a taxi with a partially exposed coffin remained with me as we made our way to Veria. The city is...

After one last look at the gate and the cemetery at Agia Paraskevi, our red jeep put a distance between us and that childhood memory. A somber cloud floated in the car, leaving each of us in our own thoughts as Lena drove closer to where we lived 65 yrs ago. “I can’t...

Retracing our first taxi ride. I was still basking in the excitement and self-satisfaction of my memoir’s publication. In those first months, whenever I picked up a copy of Taxi to America, A Greek Orphan’s Adoption Journey, I ran my palm over the cover slowly, as if...

What do I do when things aren’t going the way I expect them to go? I remind myself of the resilience I employed as a young child without even knowing that’s what I was doing. Like the time I entered the sixth-grade classroom, not speaking any English. I had arrived...

My husband and I have enjoyed several river cruises in Europe. In recent years we have discussed visiting parts of the United states we have not seen. Primarily the Midwest. A Mississippi River cruise was the answer. After spending two days exploring Saint Paul,...

Fun and emotional activities filled my schedule in August. At the top of the list is my sister Lena’s visit. The cell parking lot at Logan International Airport, conveniently located across from the international arrivals terminal, was a display of excitement. The...

July flew by filled with a whirlwind of activities. Beginning with the 4th of July celebrations, golf competitions, Greek festivals, and volunteering. My husband and I continued our tradition of celebrating the Fourth of July by attending our town’s parade. We look...

What is Rotary? i am quoting from from the Rotary International website: “Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our...

According to the New York Times reports, about five million people belong to a book club in the United States. A book club is a group of people who share their love of reading. They read the same book on a timeline they have established and then meet to discuss...