Parenting
Mother’s Day: The Humble Responsibility of Mother

You don’t have to give birth to a child to be a mother. Plenty of women who cannot have kids are excellent mothers. They exude love and kindness and that motherly charm for friends, family, coworkers and even complete strangers. If one of these women adopt, they provide a warm, secure home. Read the rest of this entry »
San Bernardino School Shooting: How Do You Explain Murder to a Child?

My daughter is brave, smart, and, I’ve been, told advanced. But could her little body manage a bullet fired by a gunman who bursts into her classroom with revenge on his mind, fueled by psychotic anger blinding him from all rationality? Parents in San Bernardino are asking themselves a similar question, as their city suffered yet another tragic shooting. This time at an elementary school, no less. Read the rest of this entry »
A Father’s Love (A Haiku)

Your encouragement
Is the air under my wings
Love that makes me fly
One True Love (A Haiku)

Your smile is the sun
Your joy is the sky and earth
You’re my one true love
Piece of Me (A Long Haiku)

Hold you against me
Closing my eyes to your breath
Small life in my arms
One half piece of me in you
Swallowed up by sleep
You are safe from the outside
Baby, be at peace
I would die to keep you safe