It’s easy to see how the demands of caregiving can lead to a state known as hypervigilance. Merriam-Webster…
“I did not die, I did not go to heaven.” With those words, teenager Alex Malarkey upended the…
The knot in my stomach grew tighter. I was dropping off my teenage daughter, Maggie, at her friend’s…
April 1, 1978. The desert sun blazed through the living-room windows of my parents’ house in Rancho Mirage,…
Did you know that the longest speech ever recorded by an angel is Chapter Twelve in the Book…
I was just reminded that I have 16 vacation days to use up before the end of the…
This past month I had the opportunity to speak to the University of Texas football team and The…
The heavy steel doors clanged shut behind me. In front of me were row upon row of cells…
“Everything happens for a reason” tops my list of toxically positive statements, utterances that insist on positivity at…
I love a campfire, and not just because I love s’mores (though I certainly do). The effort it…
“You’re special just the way you are.” “There’s no one in the world who’s exactly like you.” “Let’s…
The letter came in a stack of mail. There was a photo included, a picture of a teenage…
