Yanamama

Having just returned from a follow-up (and blessedly clean) mammogram, I am pensive this morning with thoughts of mortality and farewell. Th...

Tonight you chuckled as you plopped -- wet from the tub -- into my lap, pretending to shiver so I would wrap you tightly in your bright pink...

My children bicker and talk back. They yell and then, when I am at wits end, they melt into tantrums and sulks. I am ashamed t...

I went out for coffee tonight with my friend Leslie. She's a musician, and is taking a break from her day job to immerse herself in her...

I'm sitting in my kitchen/office, sniffling from a perpetual stuffy head. My butt is cold after throwing the ball for the dog outside f...

I've been writing little "I'm grateful for . . " type messages on FaceBook this week, after being challenged to do so. So...

This time of year is sacred to me, and not just because of my birthday. Like many others I appreciate the inward turning of the autumn, bri...