My daughter, Erin, loves Zumba. A 21 year old engineering student, Erin talks about her fondness for the fitness / dancing phenomenon with unfettered, uncharacteristic enthusiasm. Erin always…
I can hear the wind rustling the palm trees above me. The frogs whistle to each other and for a brief moment I understand the language of the palm trees and the frogs. ..
By Tania LaCaria With his backpack strapped on tightly, he traipsed through the humid, overgrown jungle greenery. Careful not to slip on algae-covered boulders, he watched his right foot…
While most people have loving and stable family lives, mine was not. The fact is that both my parents are alcoholics. My father is the worst, drinking anything…
Pay It Forward, originally published in 1999, is a terrific book. In 2000, it was made into a feature film. A young adult version of Pay It Forward…
We have a calendar, in our kitchen, tacked to the cork-board. It records special dates, travel schedules, reminders, etc. A new year, of course, demands a new calendar…
Women are forced to pay for birth control, feminine hygiene products and take responsibility for their fertility in a way that men are not. As a country that…
Christmas is upon us, so I’m making a list of everything I want. I want everything I want and I want it, now. That’s what I want. I…
Our oldest daughter is about to turn 22; the younger will be 20, soon. Time flies, certainly, but the rapidity with which my babies became girls, then women,…
I love writing. Besides having two daughters, nothing has impacted my life more. I write all the time. I think-write. While doing everything else, my stream of consciousness…
