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From a wondrous night
of being honored by
the remarkable Parker
Jewish Institute to celebrating
Halloween with my family, it
was a special week.
Keeping this journal I call a
column is really the little girl in
me keeping a daily diary. Just
recording my life gives me an
opportunity to remember the
special moments in my life and
be grateful for every day. If you
don’t keep a journal or a diary,
you should definitely try it!
One of the joys of being in the
news business is meeting people
in different worlds from mine
and one of the talented people
I have met is Michael Rosenblut
who runs Parker Institute. He
has built a multi-level organization
that offers compassionate
care in short-term rehabilitation,
long-term care, home healthcare,
hospice, social adult day
care, medical house calls, transportation,
inpatient and outpatient
dialysis, and AgeWell New
York's managed long-term care
and Medicare Advantage Plan.
They passionately care for more
than 2,000 adults a day!
Parker has been providing
services to this group for over
110 years, a major feat for sure.
It was my honor to be recognized
by them as "a champion
and an inspiration" and it was a
glorious night held at my favorite
cultural institution (where I
serve on the board), the stunning
and recently spectacularly
renovated and expanded
Queens Museum.
The venue has become a popular
event space, and many
friends, colleagues and all my
children were present to share
the evening but the words of
my son, Josh, stopped me in my
tracks as his words cut a hole in
my heart to sit there forever.
Here they are:
There are so many things
one can say about their mother,
particularly one that you
have worked with and been
business partners with for over
15 years.
I could talk about my mother
and describe her for hours,
so to most briefly and eloquently
speak of my mother, I can
share that she is a woman that
has bigger balls than any man
I have ever encountered. And
that is everything from fighting
with ferocious passion for
what she believes in to making
sure she was front and center
to greet the Pope at the Vatican
in Rome.
If there’s one thing my mother
has instilled in myself, my
sisters and many that my mother
has met, it is that anything is
possible if you put your mind to
it; that every day is a blessing;
and that no matter what adversity
you face in life, tomorrow
will bring a better day.
Those are guiding qualities
that can give you just a sense of
how a mother of four, with her
firstborn daughter, Lara, brain
damaged at birth, was able
to take on the government to
establish group homes not just
in this city but across America,
start a business in our home and
live every day with a love of life
and passion for her family and
every single thing that she does.
He floored me with his loving
words and he added to a night I
will never forget!
Halloween fun with the family
On Sunday, all my kids
and grandkids came
over to my Halloween
decorated house for a party
that my daughter Elizabeth
had organized to put us in
the holiday spirit. The bonus
was the celebration of my son
Josh’s birthday with a unique
pumpkin cake that my daughter
Samantha found.
It’s so much fun to dress up
for Halloween. Send me your
costume photos.
I believe in balancing my life
between hard work and play,
and taking time to be
grateful
for each day!
The Schneps Communications staff and friends at the Parker Jewish Institute gala.
The team got into costume, and the Halloween spirit
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