A recent New York Times blogpost described the powerful impact of short term therapy for children who have experienced trauma and abuse. “When children are alone with and don’t have… Read More
Category: Resilience
Kaddish Symphony, or Why We Can’t Wait
It’s the smell of cigarettes, gin and sweat acrid smoke from incinerating bodies salt of blood and sweet perfume turned sour The sound of a tree branch creaking from the… Read More
Follow your Dreams
This weekend I saw the new documentary, Being Elmo, the inspiring story of Kevin Clash, the puppeteer who brings Elmo to life. As someone who grew up with Sesame Street,… Read More
Stumble and Fall
I was hiking this morning on a beautiful mountain ridge, and the trail was very dry and gravely. As we made our way up the parched trail, I slid a… Read More
Share the Shmaltz
After a week of feeling moderately grumpy for no particular reason, today I am reveling in bliss. I could retrace my steps to figure out how I got here, but… Read More