“Why do I feel sad?” I said to my husband a few days ago as we walked in the front door of our house. We had just driven our black […]
Author Archives: Nancy E. Anderson
Nancy E. Anderson is a writer, communications consultant and swim coach. She has lived in Evanston since 1992.
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Nancy E. Anderson: Let’s talk about church. Or not.
“I go to church. That feels like a weird thing to admit.” This was a woman’s thought bubble in a cartoon in The New Yorker not long ago. Wow, I […]
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Nancy E. Anderson: ‘It will be OK’ and other things I don’t say anymore
I’m lying in bed reading a book about a woman who is terminally ill. She’s telling her therapist that people say the wrong things to her. The therapist asks what […]
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Nancy E. Anderson: Why Instagram makes me think about moving
“Cheap Old Houses” is an Instagram account showcasing interesting old homes for sale, usually priced under $100,000. It also recently became a series on HGTV. I’ve watched only one of the […]
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Nancy E. Anderson: I like lists, so I made a few
Like most people, I like lists. I like making them, checking things off them, and reading lists that others have made. But I wonder if I like lists more than the […]
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Nancy E. Anderson: I didn’t want a set of Christmas dishes, or so I thought
In the summer of 2017, my mother sold her house in downstate Bloomington. My father had died two years earlier and she was moving to a smaller place nearby. She […]
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Nancy E. Anderson: What am I thankful for? My physical therapist.
“You’re probably not going to be happy about this, but we’ve pretty much done all we can,” said the physical therapist, who I’ll call T, as I sat on the […]
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Nancy E. Anderson: My parents had a lot to say. Sometimes I actually listened.
“A relationship should enhance your life,” said my mother to one of my sisters, who was in high school at the time. According to my sister, my mother was sitting […]