The Twenty-Dollar Bill

When we lived in St. Louis I taught kindergarten sunday school. At the beginning of class, as in…

We’d like to put you in a home.

When I was a little girl, I always thought I would live near Chicago. It had never, in…

Everything is a Seed.

There is violence, racism and inequality in our world. It begins somewhere…with a seed of mistrust.   Who…

“Is this all there is?”

Two years before my father died, he was refusing medical treatment. At that time it became increasingly apparent…

Everyone Has Bones

A hundred years ago, when I was in college, it was my job to plan all the big…

What We Can See In The Dark

“The world, you see, is happier after the terror of the storm. You have noticed that truth comes…

Coffee and Cravings

They say that a little bit of what you love is good for you, right? Because I love…

The Worst Thing That Could Happen

When I was a little girl living near Chicago, I imagined that the worst thing that could happen…

Perspective and Innocence

  Three days ago this happened: There is a family in Tel Aviv…many families in Tel Aviv…who go…