There is nothing natural about a baby with cancer. I think pretty much everyone would agree with that. But taking care of a baby with cancer is actually a completely natural, extraordinarily ordinary act. It is everything you do when taking care of a baby without cancer, just multiplied in…

This one is for puzzle doers only … Honestly, if you haven’t spent hours obsessing over a puzzle, staying up way past your bedtime, sometimes even dreaming about the scene — one more piece, one more piece, one more piecing your way through an evening, then just move on. Because…

Surely I’m not the only one …. My family has been the beneficiary of more meals than I can count. For months on end in 2007 and 08, then again in 2009 and 10. And again now, people are dropping our packages off at FedEx and picking up bananas and…

Every time he gets into the car and complains of a headache, I’m pleased. When he’s out of breath after climbing a single flight of stairs, I feel relief. And when he’s too exhausted to drag himself out of bed even after 14 hours of sleep, I think, “Oh, good.” …

A diagnosis and a school dance April 22, 1986 was a Tuesday. I had just finished last period gym class and was in the locker room with my 7th grade gang of girlfriends deciding whose house to go to after school. This decision usually involved three factors: whose house followed…

They believed their democracy would stand. And then it fell. On June 29, 1973, army tanks rolled down the wide avenues of Santiago de Chile. It was a Monday morning, just after 9, and the streets and sidewalks of the capital city were full of people on their way to work and school. A rogue element of the military was attempting to overthrow the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.

Holding I have contemplated the death of my child. I wrote this in December 2012, just days after the Sandy Hook massacre. It’s not an easy read, but it remains all too relevant. The background knowledge you need is that I’m the mother of a two-time cancer survivor. My second son…

Chile Protests for Dummies: Part two of a two-part series Again, as I said in Part One: I’m not calling any of you dummies. If you need the basic background of the uprising that has spread across Chile for the past ten weeks, read this first. …

Chilean Protests for Dummies: Part One of a Two-Part Series Listen, I’m not calling any of you dummies. In fact, if you’re here, you’re likely pretty informed citizens. But there are a lot of conflicts going on across the globe and they’re not all covered extensively — or accurately —…