Last spring, I had the incredible privilege of being invited to give a TEDx talk in Pasadena, CA.  It was an inspired day of dynamic speakers who invited us to explore how we consider our [...]

I have a feeling that my boat has struck, down there in the depths, against a great thing. And nothing happens! Nothing… Silence… Waves... -Nothing happens? Or has everything hap- pened, and we are standing [...]

"The wind, one brilliant day, called to my soul with an odor of jasmine." - Antonio Machado

I have arrived in Sicily. The island is as alluring as ever - her beauty evident even behind the scars of unpredictable infrastructure, a misshapen political history, her faltering economy. Still Sicily is Sicily. She [...]

My Dearest Daughter, As you know, there are some things I cannot spin. Your father's death being chief among them. Three years of grief has made your threshold for platitudes low. You like our conversations [...]

My daughter spent the weekend at a grief camp for kids. This one, Camp Comfort Zone, is particularly remarkable because of their parent support groups. I got to have dinner Friday night with other parents [...]

Sages come in all shapes and sizes. In my house, there is one that stands less than five feet tall. When asked what she'd like to do on the third anniversary of her dad's passing, [...]