Blogs About "Courage"

  The other night I had dinner with a friend who was in town after moving away last year to Hawaii. She is one of those people whose courage I always admire so I told her so. I know how hard it is to pick up and...

The recent killing of Osama Bin Laden brought back memories and mixed emotions for many of us who were eyewitnesses and family members of victims.  I happen to be both.  It got me musing about my 9/11 experience and where I am with it almost ten years down the road.

SNL’s Seth Meyers summed it up:   “Hey White House  --  armed, unarmed, not resisting, holding a bunny, we're totally cool with you...

At lunch on Friday a friend remarked to me that what I was doing was courageous. It wasn't the first time someone has said that to me. I shrugged my shoulders. Because quite frankly I don't see myself as courageous.

Now tell me you think I'm crazy and I'm sure to nod my head yes. Some days I think I am out of my mind to have chosen this point and time,...