After over thirty years working in the educational field, I have finally been able to fulfill a long-delayed passion–writing!
Besides spending time with my family and friends, I love singing along to Broadway musicals, getting lost on well-marked trails in national parks, swimming in heated pools, reading and discussing books, baking challah and “Marilyn’s World Famous chocolate chip cookies,” eating vanilla ice cream, traveling, and spending time with my family! Since retiring and relcating from Saratoga County, New York, to Central Florida, I am now happily writing down family stories I have composed in my head or written in my journals during my entire life. Since 2016, I have had the privilege of sharing accounts of ordinary people with extraordinary lives: Holocaust survivors, a World War II POW, Righteous Gentiles, a Titanic fanatic, a sister who was the number one advocate for her intellectually challenged sibling, and a mother who has raised thousands of dollars in memory of her daughter, who died too young of cancer.
Thanks for reading my blog posts! I’d love to hear from you! You can comment after each article or reach out to me at shapcomp18@me.com.
There Goes My Heart 
Marilyn, what a wonderful name and idea! I know you are an excellent public speaker and you write like you speak. Looking forward to blog posts.
Thank you so much! I appreciate your words more than you know!!
As your friend of many years I am so incredibly proud of you and your accomplishments.. I LOVE to read your writings… My wish is to hear you speak….
Love you,
Betsy
What a wonderful note! Thank you Betsy! Bet you will love my Into the Woods story!
Just learning how to communicate in the system. Please note my e-mail has changed. Enjoying your posts very much.
Awesome!!!!!’
So very happy for you Marilyn. You’re doing exactly what you love to do and everyone benefits from your writings. Keep it up! Enjoy!!! Love, Carole
Just saw this. Thanks, Bev. Writing helps, especially now as we are in the middle of the pandemic!!
Thanks, Carole. What a beautiful sentiment!!
Hi Marilyn,
I just read your fascinating article about our greater family tree in Jewish World and look forward to reading your blog, here. Wishing you all the best with it!
Dan
Thank you! Hope you enjoy many more of my articles! A real labor of love!!
I am looking forward to reading all things Marilyn in There Goes My Heart. You never disappoint.
Ginny
I’ve enjoyed you column in the Jewish World for some time. I’m a dentist in Corinth but live on Lake George & upstate in Chesterfield, just N of Keeseville, part of your heritage. We enjoy Ausable Pt. State Park in the summer, sail boarding on Lake Champlain.
Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words. Welcome to my blog! I love writing about my experiences as well as the experiences of ordinary people with extraordinary stories to tell. Keep in touch!
Took me a while to see this! Greetings from another North Country resident!
Being the cat lover, that you know me to be, I loved this story. I’m happy that Corny had a few happy moments in his brief life. But the fact that there are so many “ kill” shelters to deal with so many unwanted animals is so sad.
Not sure which of my “cat lovers” wrote this, but I so appreciate your commenting on Corny!
Marilynn
Marilyn,
It was great meeting you alongside the Mayflower Gulch trail. We will continue to follow along your journey. Here’s to Abbot’s , Wegmans and all the best from NY. Enjoyed your story and the work you continue to do.
God Bless
Mark, Jennifer and Karlie