by Wendy Berenson | Dec 6, 2020 | Blog
I was walking out to the mailbox when I noticed an elaborate project being built in my neighbor’s front yard. It looked like quite the engineering feat; I commented on the workmanship, and we struck up a physically distant conversation – him on the front porch, and me...
by Wendy Berenson | Oct 25, 2020 | Blog
I was standing in my stairwell headed down the stairs when my husband’s cell phone rang. It was our youngest son calling from college mid afternoon that Sunday. I could overhear the conversation. My son was calling to talk about something that surely was one of those...
by Wendy Berenson | Aug 9, 2020 | Blog
When I walk through the gym doors for those Friday night basketball games, I feel at home. The aroma of hot dogs on the grill fills the air as the sound of basketballs bouncing fills my ears. Cheering, chanting, joyful laughter, kids hamming it up, and parents taking...
by Wendy Berenson | Jun 21, 2020 | Blog
The music died. I was about 1/8 of a mile from finishing a 5K and my playlist was carefully cultivated. Each song was strategically chosen for where I would be on the race route. Then……the music was no more. My phone died, and with it went those last...
by Wendy Berenson | May 17, 2020 | Blog
My off-Broadway debut took place at a school gymnasium in the rocking, junior high version of “The Wiz.” I roared as the Cowardly Lion, the character who feels he isn’t brave enough to play his role as King of the Beasts. Of course, you probably remember the end of...