My kids started school again today. The end of summer is never a favorite time for me, and the start of school was personally anxiety-provok...

This was a big year for me. I turned fifty, my book was published, I had time with my family, and there was much to celebrate. All good thin...

  When I had my first baby, we were invited to a wedding just a few weeks after she was born. No cell in my being was ready to leave her wit...

  A few months ago my daughter participated in a theatre competition. Growing up around theatre I had never heard of doing it competitively....

 In the past, I have always dreaded September. It felt like a month-long version of a Monday. I would mourn the end of summer and have to pr...

  Everybody has friends that they used to be so close to and then time and distance comes between them. Most of the time you can see picture...

 It is really hard to be a teenage girl. It was not easy for me getting through the trials and tribulations of being a teenager. It is even ...