Being Mom

As I lay in ER, listening to the electronic beeps that signified my heart and the numbers that illustrated my breathing, I had but one thou...

My son is deeply troubled by the kids in his class who have decided to mount a "There is no Santa" campaign in the second grade c...

For a year and two days, Madelena has been planning her 5th birthday party and wielded the event as a weapon: if on any given day you fell ...

Everyone expects a card or something made of macaroni on Mother's Day. What few expect is to have their heart broken. The night bef...

In recent months I have begun to acknowledge things within my children that I had previously denied, especially as it pertains to common...