Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose.From the stan...
A painter hangs his or her finished pictures on a wall, and everyone can see it. A composer writes a work, but no one can hear it until it is performe...
When I was a kid, I thought I would grow up to be an actress. I thought I would live in New York City, in a high-rise apartment building, with my husb...
Certain relationships have a built-in expiration date -- or at least, they should. After all, the point of having a therapist, a teacher, a guru, a me...
My mom died when I was already an adult -- a mother myself. Her death was slow, expected. This made it no easier. Losses like this begin well before t...
As the Buddha once famously said, life is suffering. To love is to lose. In the natural order of things, we will eventually lose our own parents and i...
Close your eyes for a moment. You'll know just who I mean here, and it's okay. You don't need to say his name aloud. Maybe you're marr...
Sarah and I met in college and instantly fell into an intense, sisterly friendship. I thought I would know her forever.After college, our lives diverg...
We all have one of these. Some of us have more than one. By which I mean, a friend who we may laugh with, cry with, work side by side with, but who we...
1. People with type O blood tend to attract more mosquitoes than people with other blood types.2. Malaria carrying mosquitoes were attracted to pregna...