When the children’s skin is itching and they cry for comfort. What they need is Grandma Love. When the nation is divided, we don’t know what will happen next, and we are afraid that violence may break out. What we […]

I have learned about families by playing many roles beginning with being the fourth child in a family of eight who then became a teacher, a parent and a grandparent. These experiences piqued my interest in the differences in children

And All She Embodied When I was a girl, all eight of the children in my family revered our grandmother. We looked up to her in a very special way. In her presence, we wanted only to be good. Even

Learning from Loss I spent my childhood, teens, and every adult decade except my twenties, taking care of young children. It’s my life’s purpose.  And I have loved it, maybe not every single minute of it, but overall, how it

Last weekend was my 50th high school reunion – falling during the week of the summer solstice and the full moon. And light, as you know, is so revealing! Often, it shows what needs repair, but it also shows what

Boundaries for the sake of boundaries is a defensive posture based on fear, one that separates us. Boundaries for the sake of commitment tend to bring us together, to be relational. They unite us in a healthy way; that is,

It doesn’t take a lot of space to experience the outdoor world. Our urban yard is small but big enough. There’s a an old curly willow tree, a row of bamboo, a flower garden, and a shed. The shed is