Packing for my first Christmas away from home was a challenge. A small suitcase was left open on my bed for a few days while I pondered what to take and what to leave behind; not clothes, but my [...]

  I’ve noticed in our culture there seems to be a backlog of communication in the Telling Department. I believe that our human nature influences us to have a personal pod of privacy, things [...]

Lately I’ve been wanting to talk to my late mom about my life situations. On Sunday morning I came across an old file and found a card from my mom. The Hallmark card words said  There were [...]

My mother didn’t give me any shaving advice. Like many aspects of my life, she left it to my sister to instruct me about the womanly ways of the world. Seven years older than me, my sister [...]

I’m standing on a subway platform in the sweltering heat of August. I managed to make it to the platform itself by following my 16-year-old daughter Kimmy. It was the relaxed little teen who [...]

I have three daughters; I call them my cubs. I am a mother bear running on instinct, teaching them to forage, hunt, and protect themselves. My duty is to help them survive the wild life of the [...]