Well, it’s that time when the old year is leaving us and the new one will soon be upon us. Susan and I have started our frantic holiday travel. We just returned from a delightfully hectic and little planned out few days in Mexico. At this moment, we’re in our frenzied unpack and pack mode. [...]
I was listening to that Christmas song which says, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” Yet, while we celebrate Chanukah, Christmas, and Kwanza with shopping, giving presents, cooking, vacationing, traveling, feasting, partying, lighting up, and decorating, many of us miss the point of it all. By merely decking the halls with boughs [...]
It’s 3:45 am. Can’t sleep. Maybe I was thinking about a phone call I got last night. It was from a student whom I’ll call Jane. Her voice had a trembling, pleading, desperate tone to it. I could tell she had been crying. “Dr Schmier, I need someone I can talk to. If I [...]
