November 9 is when I invite our community and anyone else who feels compelled to join us, to celebrate International Day of Compassion. It’s a holiday I conceived six years ago. It is  simply another small personal step toward peace, which evolved through my 9/11 Bowing Project. As I prepare to celebrate it on Wednesday, […]

Note: This is not a story about holistic versus allopathic medicine. It’s a story about how far we venture into the warzones of our own bodies and hearts when facing a fertility challenge. It’s about who we become and what we speak up for as a result of our own experience.  It’s about how we […]

“Give a bow for me,” says my husband, Ed, as I walk out the door. I’m late again for my date with Peace, my ongoing 9/11 Bowing Project. But Peace is patient. She waits for me. Once in town, looking for a shade I walk into the real estate office across from my usual station […]

This will be a short one, inspired by two short sentences from a recent email. “I’m a failure.  I’m an emotional mess with blocks,” says a lovely mama. And I say, You sure can see it that way if it works for you. But I don’t think that point of view really works for any […]

NO is a way we get to know each other Whether it’s a relationship between lovers, or a parent and child, doctor and patient, or teacher and student, the quality of that relationship—the level of respect we have for one another— becomes  startlingly clear when one of the parties says NO.   For the Orphan […]