Occasionally the most ordinary events end up challenging us to do “the right thing.” We all have regrets over opportunities lost, but this time I did all I could - or did I? I ride the... Read more >>

At twenty-seven years old, I find myself in a very unfamiliar place: I am less than one week away to becoming an “empty nester.” As I’ve told people about my pending empty nest, I... Read more >>

A priest, a minister, and a rabbi go into a bar. Over beers, they discuss when life begins. “At conception,” says the priest. “At birth,” says the minister. “When the... Read more >>

I was out for a walk one recent morning, making a loop and ending in Old Mill Park, my favorite of our local parks. I had started out there earlier, when moms with young children in tow were... Read more >>

She is my age, exactly. Karen’s birthday is three days before mine, same year. We were in high school together 1970-1974. It was a time of change; girls were allowed to wear pants to school. For... Read more >>

I am a registered nurse and I work for an agency. This morning my scheduled twelve-hour shift was cancelled, no work means no pay. Since this is my only source of income right now, my first reaction... Read more >>

I was recently recalling a time when my husband and I attended a friend’s high school graduation party. As we listened to countless couples toast their child’s achievements and... Read more >>

The holidays are a time of separation anxiety for parents watching their children head off with their friends and respective others to celebrate. Sure, there’s less laundry, fewer dirty dishes,... Read more >>

In a moment of insanity, we have promised our daughter travel money for that last heedless summer between high school and college. She had long yearned to visit Moscow’s onion domes, the Great... Read more >>

When the first of my children graduated from college and returned home, I felt smart about setting boundaries. In the three months we agreed upon, he’d saved enough to fund his move to the East... Read more >>