Dear Mom: It has been five years since we said goodbye, that word you hate, the one that still gets stuck in my throat. There are days when it feels like it was last week and days when it feels like a decade has gone by. This is, usually, a season of joy and reclamation, […]
Little Ray knows the Bronx better than anyone. He has been a proud train operator for many years. But while the Bronx has always held memories of his mother, Gloria, and his daughter, Lorraine, it also reminds him of the pain of losing the love of his life. Jasmine Castro was the woman of Little […]
There is almost nothing now that I want or need that I do not have. The gratitude I have for that is deepened and underscored by your absence. During seasons like this I wonder what you would have made of abundance. I like to imagine that where you are you know what it is to […]
