This will be a short one, inspired by two short sentences from a recent email. “I’m a failure.  I’m an emotional mess with blocks,” says a lovely mama. And I say, You sure can see it that way if it works for you. But I don’t think that point of view really works for any […]

NO is a way we get to know each other Whether it’s a relationship between lovers, or a parent and child, doctor and patient, or teacher and student, the quality of that relationship—the level of respect we have for one another— becomes  startlingly clear when one of the parties says NO.   For the Orphan […]

We’re safe here. Let’s turn off the news. Put blinders on. After all, it’s Ferguson, it’s Paris. it’s Benghazi, it’s Orlando. It’s all taking place somewhere else. Far away. We’re safe here. Let’s just think positive. Bring more babies into the world. Let’s not linger on that horrifying headline.  Let’s stay safely invisible. Except that Love […]