Letters from Stanford
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They say it is never too late to apologize. Will forgiveness, understanding, and acceptance make a difference? We can hope.
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Work Your Way Backwards
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Work your way backwards to worry less. Can revisiting our original dreams show us the way forward?
Read MoreI taste the loneliness
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How did she know? Might we each get a glimpse of the inevitable before it happens? Would you want to know?
Read MoreBow Down Old Sally
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Written as a fifteen-year-old, Lena's poem reminds us of our enduring place in the universe.
Read MoreThe little fish who flew on Northwest Airlines
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In this story, about the things we do for our pets, the phrase “no one left behind” comes to mind.
Read MoreDeath is in My House
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My daughter, Lena, experienced a near fatal health crisis about six months before she walked on. Contrasting her thoughts before and after that hospitalization, her words bring clarity to the thin veil between life and death.
A Eulogy of Voices
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Written the day before my daughter's first memorial service, this is my tribute to her. A significant portion of this piece includes my daughter's words and is therefore named "A Eulogy of Voices". As there were two memorial services, the first at the Bad River Community Center in Odanah, Wisconsin and the second at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, this is a merged version of the two eulogies.
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From Pine to Palm
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From Pine to Palm is Lena's autobiography written during her House Seminar at Brander Hall, Stanford University, March 2000.
"From the womb of a white mother, came forth an olive skinned infant born into two worlds. . ."
