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The everyday grief of an "obsolete" mom

What is the reward of being a good mother to a blessedly healthy child? They leave you. How could it all be gone? Where did it go?

"I was just lucky:" Women, please stop saying these words

Are you trying to raise a strong daughter? Are you trying to be a strong woman? How we talk about our successes is so important.

How NOT to Turn Into your Parents

My grandmother “Memere” sang every morning as she opened her lace curtains, welcoming the sun into the bedroom we shared. Her chirping...

Happy To Be “Too Sensitive”

My mother used to tell me, “You're too sensitive.” It was a repeated refrain, deployed when I cried too long or hurt too much. She said...

What the Shaman Said

“The ancients knew something, which we seem to have forgotten.” Albert Einstein Life takes us interesting directions, and mine recently...