At 6 p.m., arrivals march through my door. A trumpet dangles from Hal’s shoulder; a wooden recorder balances in Jo’s palm; wind chimes swing from Sandy’s wrist. My adult daughter Elizabeth whispers in my ear. “Mom, I don’t know anybody …
I decided that one day I would get up, liberated not just from cancer, but by cancer. I would live out the best possible outcome from this nightmare, and there would only be fantasies made real, only things ticked off …
Unemployed.
The word itself is a vacuum, having stolen the last shreds of my identity. At the same time, it was my choice to add this new title to my name.
I didn’t want to wear that label for long, …
When I was a child, the church was a holy place. God was real and we worshipped him because he was great. It wasn’t until I was older that I got the notion that religion did more harm than good. …
It happened long ago. But…it so profoundly impacted my life that I feel compelled to share it with you. Hopefully, it will prove to have a positive impact on your life as well.
My story begins in Taiwan during the …
Years ago, I watched a man walking through our neighborhood using what I then suspected were ski poles. He seemed to be moving at a fair pace, and with apparent ease. As he seemed to be perhaps in his sixties, …
Losing a first tooth, pencil marks on a door frame, or buying a first training bra, all represent a rite of passage. Ariana Morgan, my friend and fellow competitive swimmer, served as the conduit for another. She changed me without …
As my husband, Si, and I leave Atzompa, green pottery capital of Oaxaca, we wave down a local taxi. Unknown to us, the taxi is a collectivo, operating much like a bus. The driver collects six fares instead of one …
Why is it that when you tell people you are having a colonoscopy or any procedure, they proceed to tell you about their own negative experience or someone else’s extremely negative experience?: “You do know that doctor punctured my cousin’s …
The station sits almost on the corner of its block, its dusty blue paint unmistakable even in the shadows of the clouds that drift overhead this fading fall afternoon. It is one of the last of its kind – a …