When I was in high school there was a girl in my art class that was a world above the rest of us amateurs. To watch her paint was to...

When I was a kid, the last thing I wanted to do was cry. Crying felt weak, powerless, embarrassing, vulnerable. I swallowed my tears when...

A few months ago a long-time friend invited me over to eat and watch a movie. We chose take-out from the delicious Sushi House....

Being married to someone who's REALLY different from me gives me the pleasure of being connected to a world I would otherwise know...

"Unearned suffering is redemptive." —Martin Luther King, Jr. I have had a few experiences in my life where I asked, "What did I do to...