As I was typing this entry, my mother called me to remind me about this story. “In two hours, it will be twenty-four years since …” she said. When my mother went to the hospital... Read more >>

With the first trimester behind me I finally began to focus on what was really ahead of me. But just one bit at a time. What was I having? Boy or girl? My husband and I found ourselves in the position... Read more >>

Some couples plan for a baby and even try to conceive. My husband and I were not one of those couples. Not that there’s anything wrong with those people, I just can’t relate. A very good... Read more >>

My husband and I had a little girl. When she was three months old I had one period, and the next month I didn’t have one. I thought, Oh no … So I took a test, and yup … it came... Read more >>

It was early February. My five-year-old son and I were downstairs watching cartoons while my three-year-old daughter and husband snored the early part of the morning away. I heard her call out for my... Read more >>

In the fall of 1987, I was living and working in San Jose, I shared an apartment with some of my friends, and I was partying, dating, and having a ball. My only sense of responsibility was... Read more >>

“You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around—and why his parents will always wave... Read more >>