by debidrecksler | Sep 17, 2010 | Human Interest
September 18th, 1991 It is my husband’s 41st birthday and Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. I call my parents to wish them a Happy New Year (l’shana tova).The nurse answers and tells me that my Father has gone to synagogue to pray. I am...
by debidrecksler | Sep 15, 2010 | Human Interest
In our world of big names, curiously, our true heroes tend to be anonymous. In this life of illusion and quasi-illusion, the person of solid virtues who can be admired for something more substantial than his well-knownness often proves to be the unsung hero: the...
by debidrecksler | Sep 13, 2010 | Human Interest
Remember Mr. Roger’s song, “Who are the people in our neighborhood?” Photo courtesy of Family Communication, Inc. . I may just be the guy on the street but I’m worth knowing. I’m the lady at the drugstore who hands you your prescription...
by debidrecksler | Sep 10, 2010 | Human Interest
As my readers know, my husband Richard Drecksler just launched an exciting new website for his real estate business. As his assistant, I am online every day keeping up with the latest real estate news. I came across this story on AOL News and thought, “What a...
by debidrecksler | Sep 8, 2010 | Human Interest
A Mother and her two little boys are passing through a small mountain town in North Carolina and see a sign for gem mining. The Mother knows that the kids are tired from being cooped up in the car all morning. It would be another hour before they arrived at their...
