The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell.

A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.

For 25 years, I did take my responsibilities as a pleaser of others sufficiently seriously.

In the event of an oxygen shortage on airplanes, mothers of young children are always reminded to put on their own oxygen mask first, to better assist the children with theirs. The same tactic is necessary on terra firma. There's no way of sustaining our children if we don't first rescue ourselves. I don't call that selfish behavior. I call it love.

One of the sad realities of being a parent is that the same stuff you know is exciting, educational, and enriching in your child'slife is often messy, smelly and exhausting to deal with.

My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?

At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.