My Great Grandmother’s Love Letter I never met either of my grandmothers, let alone my great-great-grandmothers. But over the last decade or so, I have received much pleasure  from reading the astonishing love letter left by my great-great-great, many times great, grandmothers and grandfathers, the sages of my ancestral line. In the spiritual tradition […]

Note: This is not a story about holistic versus allopathic medicine. It’s a story about how far we venture into the warzones of our own bodies and hearts when facing a fertility challenge. It’s about who we become and what we speak up for as a result of our own experience.  It’s about how we […]

“Give a bow for me,” says my husband, Ed, as I walk out the door. I’m late again for my date with Peace, my ongoing 9/11 Bowing Project. But Peace is patient. She waits for me. Once in town, looking for a shade I walk into the real estate office across from my usual station […]

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 […]