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When I was 13, I wrote in my diary that I was going to be elected to public office, write a New York Times best selling novel, be a...

For the fifth time in one day, I asked one of my kids to run downstairs to get something for me. It had been over a year already of my...

I listened to the heart monitor beeping regularly, the blood pressure cuff whirring every few minutes, and stared through the darkness at...

“Nice underlines the unempowered; you’re nice because you’re not entitled not to be.” This quote by Wendy Wasserstein hangs over my...

Last week, my daughter came off the school bus crying. Through tears, she told me that one of her classmates did something to her that...

I looked down at my 13 year old son at my feet, tying my shoelaces. The weather had turned cold, and I could no longer wear slip-on...

I stood at the top of the stairs, hesitant and frightened to take a step down. The pain was excruciating. The physical therapist held my...

As women, we seem to reinvent ourselves fairly often. As mothers, well, most of us could rival a chameleon when it comes to changing our...