Family Is Everything

The rain set the mood as I helped to pack up my mother’s beautiful possessions and move them into her companion’s house in Connecticut. Stoically, my mother performed the perfunctory tasks needed to move out of her beloved home and I immersed myself into her world trying to be on my best behavior,...

Helping Your Mother Move

I got a phone call a few weeks ago from an old time family friend. “Jillian, I’m worried about your motha”, she said with her thick Bostonian accent. “She needs you and it has to be you. You are the one who can help her move out of her place and give her good advice about what to do with her...

Madoff – Scumdog Billionaire

Much to my regret, my family, my sisters, my mother, my aunts and the Queen of Holland are being recognized all over the world thanks to Bernard Madoff who made-off with our money. Everywhere I turn there are sympathetic people offering their condolences. They are sorry that my family is suffering an...