As I write this, my friend Dana is hauling herself up and down the hills of San Francisco with thousands of other participants on the Avon Walk. I’m sure I speak for other survivors, to say how grateful we feel to know that someone has your name on their shirt and your face in their […]
Betty Ford
I followed her around one day as part of a small group of reporters, as she knocked on doors campaigning for her husband in a suburban Miami neighborhood. She was so friendly, so natural, so accessible; if you didn’t know who she was, you’d believe she could have been one of the local moms on […]
Finding Art in Age and Adversity
I would never say having cancer is a “gift.” But I would say that gifts can come from having it. And my friend Roz and I are perfect examples. I was missing any “I” for art. I didn’t even feel qualified to pick out gift wrap. Having cancer changed everything. With two small children and […]
a military love story
I can’t credit myself for matchmaking– but I consider myself part of their story since I was the only witness present at the moment they met. The romance started in my kitchen. My daughter had a small gathering at our house; by now everyone had left and moved on. Only one person lingered behind— one […]
Father's Day Gifts
No one looks big next to Muhammad Ali; but in other ways, my dad was a big man. Smart. Savvy. Successful. Especially to me– he was a huge force in my life, my only parent since I was a teenager. There were no books or blogs to teach him how to be a single parent—there […]
Go the F**k to Sleep
Have you seen it? It’s a phenomenon: a brilliant concept, cleverly done. An instant classic, it’s the flip side of Goodnight Moon; required reading for parents and grandparents. The title alone sells it; anyone who’s been a parent will get it—and wish they wrote it. Written in the soothing rhymes of a bedtime story, it’s […]
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