Airplanes and Cake Paper
Earlier this month, I lost a dear friend, one of those for whom the term “friend” is truly inadequate, one who feels like family, but with whom we share…
Read moreI recently submitted a piece to Bonbon Break in answer to a call for writing about “Giving.” I considered the season and the very commercialized circus it has become, with…
Read moreLet Love Conquer Fear
Like many other people, my mind keeps going to the recent events in Paris and more recently here in the States. I have been struggling to understand the reality. My…
Read morePaying Attention to What’s Important
This year, I spent Thanksgiving with the family I was born into. It was the first holiday together in 15 years. Since we live far apart from each other (in…
Read moreLeaving the Comfort Zone Is Not So Bad
A week ago I made a change. I discovered the online publishing world is much more open and welcoming than I had thought it to be and decided to just…
Read moreOutside the Comfort Zone
It’s a little after 10:00 a.m. and I have been awake for six hours. That is unusual, to say the least, for this not-a-morning-person. Why am I up so early?…
Read moreSearching for a Solution
I left my activism behind when I embraced motherhood. I didn’t stop believing in the causes, I just realized that I did not have the emotional energy necessary to devote…
Read moreMaking it Right
Shortly after I started college, I met someone who changed my life. It didn’t take long for us to develop a relationship and soon we were doing almost everything together.…
Read moreThere ARE “Do Overs” in Life
We live in a world that tells us that we should work harder, be better, be stronger; that success, perfection even, is within our reach. We receive messages: “Do it…
Read moreShifting Roles
When I wrote about endings, I was thinking of the next generation, the upcoming one, who are no longer children. About the end of a chapter in their lives, and…
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