My maternal grandmother, Mariam, died when my mother was a child. She was from Lebanon and moved to the U.S. before my mother was born. Although we knew quite a bit about my grandfather’s side of the family, we knew almost nothing about hers. We found one small photo of her and for some reason, [...]

Part 1:  After 2 years of losing contact with my best friend when she moved from California to New York, I kept calling the same number and never got a response. I finally wrote on a piece of paper on my desk, “Where is Mary?”   Then I put my hands up to the ceiling of [...]