LTYM Wilmington

The show is less than a week away. We’ve had our read-through and rehearsal. We’ve laughed over lunch and open our hearts with margaritas in our hands. We’ve printed posters and alerted the media.  And now, it’s up to you to buy your tickets and stuff your bags with tissue.  And as we come to the big day, we have two more cast members to share with you. Two more warrior women who brave this world with heart. Two women, Sandy Leonard and Anne Saks, whose connections will only truly be revealed when you sit in your seats at the Queen this Sunday, May 12th Sandy Leonard moved to Glen Mills, PA almost five years ago with her husband, twin sons and two Labrador retrievers.  As if two teenagers and two dogs weren’t enough, she also manages a strategic research alliance for AstraZeneca in Wilmington, practices yoga and regularly hunts out tasty local fare on the [...]

  On Wednesday, Jenn and I attended Listen To Your Mother: Wilmington’s local sponsor Jewish Federation of Delaware’s Women of Wisdom’s Spring Event.  Yes, it’s a mouthful. However, the event featured June Hersh author of Recipes Remembered, a celebration of Survival that contains the remarkable stories and authentic recipes of Holocaust survivors. This isn’t the first Holocaust cookbook I’ve come across, and I realize that people don’t always know how to react to a Holocaust cookbook. However, this isn’t any cookbook. It is a celebration. As June said, “They lived through a tragic time, but they are not tragic people…living a good life is the best revenge.”  Each recipe in the book comes with the survivor’s story. While June took the time to interview and research and put their words onto paper, she also knows how to capture their words, their stories with her own wit, humor, and deep sense of obligation to bring goodness to this world. [...]