Every relationship is sacred

I am not perfect. Sometimes, I do something that someone does not like. Sometimes, they tell me. Other times, I sense that I’ve upset them. This used to bother me – a lot – back [...]

In my world today: My husband and I are having one of our morning talks in the kitchen. Though we’re discussing money and our future, the conversation is generous and open-hearted. As we [...]

As I launch my new blog, I’m going through all these old posts and deciding which ones to keep, this one keeps rising to the top of the pile.  I wrote it in July, 2014, a month before my [...]

Look across the dinner  table, the classroom, the parking lot. Is there a living being there? Your mom, your husband, your teenager? Your neighbor, your step-dad, the police officer ticketing [...]

Right now, the number one thing people are asking me about is: Powerlessness. I don’t know if it’s the unending news reports about the flagging economy, the crazy weather, the time of [...]

Written five years ago…. “Mommy,” my son said. “I am not in the mood for a lecture right now. I need you to just be there for me. I need you and Daddy and Katie and everyone [...]

I know that it may seem as if a soul mate or dream job or better home will fix this; will complete you. But it won’t. It can’t. Like all things, your emptiness has a center. Like all [...]

We can get caught in stories about “this is just how it is” and how we’ve made mistakes in the past that preclude healthy, happy whole and free lives in the future (or even the [...]

I am sitting in a cafe where, at the next table, a young woman (all of 16?) is berating her boyfriend, also so young, about texting another girl. He is trying, so hard, to reassure her that the [...]

Here’s the thing: All of this striving, this effort, this working to develop an online presence, a brand identity, a platform, a coherent, relevant, marketable… sigh… I’m [...]