Journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall reports from the the second half of life -- on books, writing . . . her husband, house, aging relatives and grown-up kids.
Within a few weeks of hip surgery, my mother was doing physical therapy at a skilled nursing facility. Photo 2010 BF Newhall
Barbara Falconer Newhall, June 5, 2010
Ten reasons why I’m finding it impossible to write about my 92-year-old mother, even though she’s all I can think about right now:
My daughter Christina ran 6 miles in less time than it took me to walk 3. She was doing her stretches on the sidewalk when I arrived back at the Lululemon store in Berkeley. Photos by BF Newhall
By Barbara Falconer Newhall
I was all of three or four years old, pumping away on the pedals of my tricycle, near tears because the big kids were leaving me behind.
“Wait for me!” I cried.
Nobody listened. [Read more...]
