From *the storyteller: Update #1

It’s been a while since I last posted a story here and I feel terrible that I have not been updating this blog, even when I had already interviewed several really interesting people over the course of the last few weeks.

I guess when you live in the brisk, urban wilderness that is New York, no matter how you try to coordinate things around you in a carefully planned schedule, you still end up shoving a lot of things in the back burner.  Unfortunately for me, it’s been a rigorous workout in juggling my priorities and updating this blog has been one of the things I had to set aside for a bit…well actually, way much longer than I should have.

Moving on, I did get a crucial update from one of the people I’ve interviewed and it is with great sadness that I relay to you that my favorite Singing Newspaper Lady of all time, Flor, has been on indefinite leave from her beloved job as she had to have some tumors removed from her throat.  Her daughter, Carolina, was kind enough to keep me updated about her mother’s condition, and thankfully, Flor seems to be recovering well.

However, she is still in a bit of a critical condition as her doctors have to monitor her progress over the next weeks in the hopes that the tumors will not grow back, nor will her thyroid be affected in a harmful way.  But I do ask each and everyone of you to please keep Flor in your thoughts and prayers as we all look forward to her full recovery so that she can return to the job that makes her the happiest.

Alright, I appreciate you taking time to gloss over this update.  Summer is officially over now, and hopefully with Fall comes a better sense of time management for me.  In the meantime, please do come back and check this blog in the next couple of days as I guarantee you that I will be posting more stories again of all the real, beautiful, and really awesome people I’ve met during my most favorite season in the year!

Be well.

*j