A Bubble in My Brain ...
Last week I shared the outcome of my one and only contact with my biological father. If you asked me now to describe precisely my...
The Father That Was Never to Be ...
Last year on Father’s Day, I wrote about traveling to Japan to meet my father for the first time. We had four long visits. I grew to like...
You're Never Too Old To Hurt Yourself While Having Fun ...
New Flash: Mammoth Mountain. Rossignol Ski Camp. Fran dislocates shoulder ... bummer. I've been overwhelmed the past few months creating...
The Watch That Does Me No Good ...
That's what Kevin called the monitor that was on his wrist. The monitor had the physical shape of a watch, but there was no face, no...
The silence had to be bearable ...
because there was no choice. As I sat by my son's bedside, holding his hand, I spoke to him knowing he could not respond. He was in a...
I was not alone ...
On that crazy Tuesday morning when my entire being was focused on “getting to New Zealand,” I could hardly wait for the passport office...
My Only Focus: Get to New Zealand...
Sounded easy. I wish it had been that easy. But of course, it’s never that easy. I knew only that Kevin had been helicoptered,...
The Telephone Rang and My Life Changed Forever
At 4:00 PM on July 28, 2002, the sun was still high, the air warm and the smell of summer was strong. I was sitting on my porch putting...
I Needed that Little White Baby Seal ...
When I entered the first grade, I had just been speaking English for about a year, just since I left my OBaachan with my adoptive...
I Wrote a Book ... What? ...
I spent most of the summer writing a book. Crazy! And during that time, I even went to Hawaii to surf, twice! That's even crazier! ... I cri
