The Skins We Live In

I cried in the doctor’s office today. I just couldn’t help myself. After seeing my son’s face under the UV lights and hearing about the threat of the spreading depigmentation, I cried. I didn’t want to, oh how I didn’t want to cry. My...

The Light from Shore

Thirty-four years. Hallways, rooms, walls, and carpet. Memories made. All have laughed and wept. In the quiet house, I hear the echoes of the past. The sounds of children growing, playing, learning, discovering. A family. Living. Living the battles of life. The voices...

Waiting in the Chaos

I’m reading a book right now called When the Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd. Numerous times I had to put the book down and wonder– did this woman know what was in my head? The book was written in 1990. Yet the thoughts, the issues, the questions… the...