Dear family and friends, Thanks so much for commiserating with me so touchingly and beautifully about the loss of my mother's ring. I have to tell you, it was not an easy loss to take. People have written in with stories of their

Dear friends and family, First of all, thanks to all of you who have written a response. What incredible friends and family. You are loved (if not by us, by someone). Joking, you're loved by us. Got this wonderful photo by Ms. O,

Hi friends and family, It turns out there were no national emergencies and our meeting at the White House with Chuck Close and President Obama went extremely well. We were picked up by Chuck, Sienna and Chuck's nurse, Tyice (sp?) at the Willard