For more than 12 years now, I’ve worked with families who have babies in the NICU, with parents whose babies were born early, sick, and tiny. And over the years, I have been so fortunate to get to know the very special people who take care of these babies, these families. And, I’ve always thought… Continue reading The NICU Nurse – One Step from Heaven

It's that holiday again when I spend the week leading up to it thinking it’s just a silly commercialized excuse for companies to sell cards and flowers and candy, and for me to be saddened by the fact that my sweet Mom is gone so many years. Every year, that’s how I roll in to… Continue reading More than a Hallmark Holiday

Some of us are late bloomers, and though we might be accomplished, responsible hard-working young adults, a late blossom may at any time bloom. VERY recently, my daughter learned how to blow her nose. She’s 19, and I’m so proud of her! The late bloom gives me hope as I feel mostly these days as… Continue reading Late Blooms

Seeing your son through the eyes of another is a beautiful experience. Or it can be. And it was tonight. When young men are teens, moms see them as works in progress: Amazing, frustrating, stinky, brilliant, lazy, unfocused and full of potential, or at least that’s been my experience. And our view is skewed and… Continue reading My Sweet Boy

Most every summer growing up, my father would rent a cottage, a camp, a house on the side of a lake or near the Maine or New Hampshire beaches. I loved those vacations, sometimes weeks long with a constant coming and going of house guests. We spent hours in the water, on the water, exploring,… Continue reading Love American Style