Author Archives: wendykarasin

My birthday is Saturday. It’s a big birthday (isn’t that the silliest statement? people are always asking that). Hi, what are you doing this weekend? It’s my birthday Saturday. Oh, is it a big one? How do I answer this … Continue reading →

The human condition is rarely an uncomplicated one, so after my eldest son’s wedding I find myself reverberating with what I assume is unfinished business or the reactive underpinnings of a jangled individual. Possibly both. To start, let me be … Continue reading →

As though getting married, leaving a career at MTV, and moving to another county are not enough, my newly married son and daughter in law are now opening a business in Greenwich, Connecticut. Hitting the ground running, they will open … Continue reading →

Recovering from too much thinking, not enough eating, and adrenaline surges aimed at various and sundry exigencies, the wedding itself, has occurred. I am slowly awakening from the maze of happenings. The rehearsal dinner, the wedding, clothing and accessorizes that … Continue reading →

Yesterday, three days before the wedding, I went to get a mani/pedi and ran into someone I haven’t seen in a long time. The reason she turned around was because the manicurist called my name, which happens to also be … Continue reading →

Had my father lived beyond his 84th birthday, he would have been 91 on July 18th. The day was warm, sunny, and long. As I sat next to my computer that morning, going over calendar and emails, I whispered a … Continue reading →

inspiration Below are excerpts from an article written by Heather Plett about holding space for another. When my Mom was dying, my siblings and I gathered to be with her in her final days. None of us knew anything about … Continue reading →