Since you died, I don't sign all of our names. I used to write: "The Sommer Family - Michael, Phyllis, David, Sam, Yael, and So...

Today's a hard day. The first day of school has come and gone. Solly started kindergarten, by the way. Today must be a hard day for y...

Solly is a preschool graduate. It's such a mini-milestone, really. It's not like we weren't planning on kindergarten. And ye...

I read obituaries. Nearly every day, I scan through the obituaries. Mostly, it's a professional thing. I tend to jump to the ones with...

Here we are. Another new year. I couldn't help but spend the last week remembering the new year that ended 2012 and began 2013. Sam wa...

I'm not over it. I'm not through it. It hasn't gotten any better. It hasn't gotten any easier. I'm not used to it. ...

I am thankful for the gift of family. To hold these people who know me so well and to know that their hugs hold generations of love...for th...