A friend who has been following my blog was inspired by Heather's letter to her daughter, Charli and asked me to publish this: Butterc...

Mothers are like soldiers. They are the underdog in the house. Yet they are always there to protect you. They are always watching and m...

Dear Charli, You are 8. You do not get to have a teenage size attitude, yet. You talk back, and you get time out because you are ...

What's a mother to do? When her first born babe dies at birth... When her kid swallows bleach... or overdoses on aspirin? When her 9 yea...

Shortly before Christmas my sister called to tell me, one of the counselors Mom had seen in therapy was walking down the hall of the nursin...

Mary Dean was proud of her sons. She had two little boys die to childhood illnesses that children recover from these days. But, she still h...

Dolphin day in monterey bay

enjoying tea, lolling in bed. what plans? fix car radio?  go for a coastal tour?  what to do?  hmm...

I think we are often lead, but do not always follow. Like a mother walking down the road with her child, there reaches a point where she has...

Re-write Life is so fleeting, and going through it without a goal was the way I lived. Then I died. Had a near death experience. It gave me...

I find white flowers very difficult to capture. These are Calla Lilies Taken February 17 this year. Taken December 27 2002 Taken Febr...

I'm in sooo much pain....  writhing... squirming... teeth gritting...stabbing...pain I can hardly bear it. I think my pelvis...

Returning from the midwest flat, lifeless, humidity stifling, we craved the sight of that vast limitless sea. We wanted to taste salt ...

Sharon Smith was my bosom buddy in high school, when I lived in Wright's Corners, New York. She had the most gorgeous shiny black hair a...