Well, that was certainly a year, huh? Arbitrary calendar designation or not, 2020 felt like a lot. It was the year that all of the cracks in our collective social structure not only revealed themselves, but seemed to grow ever wider. I’m not going to rehash or review them all here; you’re well aware of […]
In Memory of Benjamin Sergio Perez
Unbelievable as it seems, for the second time in just about as many months, I’m writing what amounts to an obituary for one of my parents. On August 20, my father, Benjamin Sergio Perez, somewhat unexpectedly passed away at the far-too-young age of 59—less than three months after his wife of 33 years, my mother, […]
In Memory of Marilyn Perez
As if 2020 wasn’t already shaping up to be the worst year ever–at least in my lifetime–it was made worse on Sunday May 31, when my mother, Marilyn Stephanie Perez (née Meyers) shed this mortal coil after a three-week battle to recover from a heart attack. She was 72. My mother was a nurturer, a […]