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My son Jack and I were at mile 25 of the NYC marathon last weekend waiting for our friend Liz to cross the finish line.

We were early, and spent an...

Grief is inexplicable but I will try to process mine here.

This week I was going to write about the power of gratitude and unfortunately life...

Do you know the difference between a viola and a violin?

Exactly. Neither did I.

But my older sister Karen was already playing the violin, so in...

Today is one of my twin girls' half birthday.

How is that possible?

Forever they will share their birthday, but their half birthdays? They each...

Did you ever have a piggy bank?

Mine was bright pink and it was literally a pig.

Squiggly tail and everything.

I'd throw in coins and imagine how...

So here’s the deal. For the last few weeks, I keep trying to become "uninterruptible."

I can’t stop thinking about this word ever since...

Why is it so hard to break a pattern - in a relationship or in the routine of our days - even when we know that change and newness can help us...

Have you ever been on vacation and completely, successfully disconnected from your worries in real life?

Maybe you have fun, but also feel...

Have you ever cooked dinner for your kids or partner and wondered what I was thinking last night?

It goes something like this:

- About an hour of...

I thought hard about what I wanted for Mother’s Day when my family asked.

I said my wish was to have more time in a day. Time to clean the...

Whether you’re a mother, grandmother, have a mother, want to be a mother, love a mother, know a mother...

Happy Mother's Day!

Motherhood has...

Sixteen years and 6 days ago, I hobbled in pain down the 7th floor hallway at Cornell Presbyterian Hospital in NYC and read a sign that said,...