Writing
Essays
Thoughts on grief, parenting, and the work of being heard.
Listening, Like a Chain of Human Connection
Listening. The more you are truly heard, the more you can hear yourself. The more you feel heard, the more you can listen. It’s a simple concept, and the building blocks of relationships, but it is amazing how…
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The Colors of Grief
Imagine, for a moment, grief as an art canvas. It’s a tableau initially blinding white, then gradually tinged with the colors of our emotions. With every shade of sorrow, the canvas darkens, our hearts heavy…
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Some Thoughts on Parenting
Is it possible that one of the most difficult jobs some of us face in our lives is at home with our children? The ideal of being a “good mother” or “good father” is a reverberating house of mirrors, that…
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