by debidrecksler | Oct 1, 2010 | Human Interest
Rebecca locked the door to the apartment and walked through the parking lot to get to her car. The air was crisp and cool… Suddenly she found herself wanting to take a long walk not get in the car and fight traffic all the way to the office. “It’s...
by debidrecksler | Sep 29, 2010 | Human Interest
My son Paul is visiting before he takes off on the next leg of his journey. I’m doing something that I haven’t done in a while…cooking all his favorite meals! It’s funny how when your household is reduced to two, you eat a lot differently....
by debidrecksler | Sep 27, 2010 | Human Interest
Last night, my husband and I were both working at our desks when he looked over at me and said, “I received a video from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. I think you’ll want to see this.” It is a rare piece of footage from Vienna in 1938....
by debidrecksler | Sep 22, 2010 | Human Interest
It’s a challenging job market especially when you live in an area where most of the employers refuse to pay livable wages. People are angry… Read this person’s reply to an ad posted on craigslist “have u lost ur mind or is everyone not willing...
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...