I’ve decided to apply for secret superhero status. They’re all the rage these days, have you noticed?
There’s Hope in the Chicken
I want us to celebrate the day on our own without me trying my best to pretend it isn’t happening.
Gratitude is Not Unreachable
Gratitude doesn’t have to be unreachable. It takes a few minutes to pause, look up and around and acknowledge the treasures that fill your ordinary days.
The Ticket Collage
My husband, Mark, has kept tickets for three decades, a collection I unearthed during one of our many moves within New York City during the 90s.
In Lieu of Mom
Slowly, I let go of my mother the way everyone else had. Our family began to mend. As time passed, people forgot about the fights, the squad cars, the restraining orders.
Always a Way—Will Travis on Lessons Learned
Losing my business in a market crash, losing my parents to cancer, surviving an expedition in Antarctica and getting through a divorce…my list of obstacles goes on and on, as I am sure does yours.
A Father in the Dark
I have been his daughter for 19 of my 20 years, adopted when I was almost one. He is the only father I have ever known.
Longing
I have driven across landscapes looking for him. In the middle of the night, across two states, that boy was waiting in the early morning to open the door for me, to pull back the sheets and lay beside me.
When the Timing Just Doesn’t Work
Before I was married, my now husband and I decided to be the very best Catholics we could be and use Natural Family Planning as our method of contraception.
The Day My Picky Eater did the Unthinkable
Keeping someone alive all the time is harder than it looks, especially when they are on self-destruct mode 24/7.