My best friend and I are swimming in my pool. She’s in my second-grade class and happens to live next door. I pull myself out of the water and up onto the edge ...
Do you remember being curled up under the covers of your childhood bed, eyeballs darting back and forth, praying that the monsters wouldn't drag you into their ...
I take my 90-plus-year-old mother shopping for lingerie at a department store. The store has moved things around, and there’s too much walking, and not enough c...
After I had my son a year and a half ago, I drowned myself in spiritual teachings.Coming from a culture and society in which depression among mothers is par...
As a farmer, I am very aware of the cycles of life. Every spring, I await the emergence of my blueberry buds. I welcome the honeybees who pollinate them, and ov...
I am a behaviour therapist for children who have autism. This is how I introduce my job title when people ask me what I do for a living, and the description usually elicits one of two responses:
There's an old Chinese curse that states, "May you live in interesting times." It was said to one’s enemies when hoping their lives would be full of social and ...
In today’s world, filled with popular misconceptions and stereotypes regarding the young population, it's a constant struggle for those of the Millennial genera...
"Do you have any regrets?""I have none," answered my Dad to the chaplain who was visiting him at home while he was being cared for by the Hospice nurse. My ...