Flags at half mast. News stories with small faces. Babies being laid to rest. Mothers in terror of sending their children to scho...

I look at her face. So sweet. Big eyes, round cheeks, ready smile. I feel her heart beat as I hold her. I smell her sweet head, rub her smal...

Healing from the past is something I never really thought about. I've never actively sought it, never chased it, never pursued it. Not ...

Dear Lily, Sometimes I wonder when you will stop loving me. When you will no longer look at me with eyes that shine with joy, when you will ...

Dear Lord, Thank you for failure. For the feeling in me that I am not enough, not doing enough, not working hard enough. Thank you for helpi...

When I was 5, my mother tried to kill herself. She tucked me into her bed, close beside her in the warmth of a Vegas night. I laid with her ...

Dear God, Promise me. Promise me when she leaves this house,she will find somebody wherever she goes that sees how special she is. Promise m...