Years ago, when my stepson was only six years old, he told me something I have never forgotten. He said “It’s harder for boys.” I intuitively knew what he meant in that moment. And at the same time, I was well aware that it is also harder for girls. Both genders (all genders) suffer because …
Years ago, when my stepson was only six years old, he told me something I have never forgotten. He said “It’s harder for boys.” I intuitively knew what he meant in that moment. And at the same time, I was well aware that it is also harder for girls. Both genders (all genders) suffer because …
I was thirty-one before I got married. As I walked down the aisle of the little chapel in Yosemite on my wedding day, I wore the wedding gown I designed when I was only eight years old. My father didn’t “give me away.” He had disowned me years before. So, my fiancee and I walked …
Last week a male friend shared with me that since #MeToo he is confused and uncertain on dates. Should he initiate the first kiss? Although in the past he would have felt fine kissing his date, now he doesn’t. This same male friend also shared with me his own #MeToo moment. It happened several months …
Has anyone ever told you that you feel “too much?”Are you sometimes overwhelmed by the pain in the world? Over the years, did you learn to avert your eyes so others wouldn’t feel uncomfortable? And, have you noticed how often they count on you to know what they are feeling even and especially when they …
When did you first hear those words? I can’t tell you how old I was or what I was doing when I first heard my mother direct those words at me. Had I peed my pants? Or perhaps hit my sister? Or broken a toy? Who knows. But the power of those three words was …
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