Recipe for a Good Enough Mother

I became a mother when I was seven years old. An all consuming love happened in an instant, as it does for some new mothers, when my angelic brother, just having been adopted, was brought home at seven days old. When I first saw him, gorgeous as a crescent moon, with...

No Harm Done

I’m over the moon to announce my first article posted on Tiny Buddha (love this site). To read this blog, which I originally entitled, No Harm Done, click here:  http://tinybuddha.com/blog/simple-way-avoid-hurting-people/

Golden Rule

Kind to me, kind to you. Kind to you, kind to me. Call it an amended Golden Rule. To read my blog first published on Mindbodygreen.com http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-13770/how-i-learned-that-compassion-for-your-kid-can-be-hard-work.html 

Love and Loss

It can be excruciating to love so deeply. My daughter came into our room last night shaking from a scary and painful dream… She and I are living alone in a very happy place, and she is taken away and put into a prison cell of a room. Each day someone brings her food...

Home of the Free

Love is action! That’s what my friend Jess taught me. So last week I put my money where my mouth is and woke up at the crack of dawn to drive downtown to witness one of my besties, getting sworn in to become a US Citizen. I assumed I would be witnessing a...