Culture, Essays She Had Always Known Me: Remembering Poet Ntozake Shange My children have grown accustomed to my grief. Over the years—from the death of my parents and grandparents, aunts and Guest Author Posted on January 3, 2019
Life, Mental, Self Care 5 Apps to Help You Through the Holiday Season During the holiday season songs like, Deck The Halls, have told us ’Tis the season to be jolly…’ but, what if you are Guest Author Posted on December 16, 2018
Family, Life, Relationships Sweatpants & Parenting | 6 Ways to Plan a Date Night Even When You Have Kids When someone wants to show how much they love their significant other, it’s done through a date night in most movies or Guest Author Posted on December 16, 2018
Culture, Life The Five Most Coffee-Loving Cities in the U.S. American coffee has a bad reputation. The Australians seem to think that their cafe culture is king, while coffee drinkers Guest Author Posted on December 2, 2018
Essays, Family True Stories | Chosen Family: International Adoption At the end of our thirties and after seven years of marriage with two heartbreaking miscarriages along the way, my husband Guest Author Posted on November 29, 2018
Essays Personal Essays | Caregiver First, Elizabeth Second If you had asked 15-year-old Elizabeth to describe herself with three terms, “caregiver” would have been first. Before Guest Author Posted on November 29, 2018
Essays The Dream and Nightmare of Celiac Disease The night of my diagnosis, I wrote the word “celiac” in bold black letters on the palm of my hand. When I awoke the next Guest Author Posted on November 25, 2018
Essays, Family The Truce of Motherhood: How My Son’s Tantrums Opened My Eyes and My Heart My thirteen-year old’s brown eyes hold wisdom beyond his years. I savor the hard-won friendship between us, but, before the Guest Author Posted on November 8, 2018
Essays, Life, Self Care Sweatpants & Soul | Revival I was born on thirteen forested acres, in a trailer on the American River Canyon in Northern California. Whenever my parents Guest Author Posted on November 6, 2018