When it comes to raising a child, there’s a tender window of time that remains open through the fourth or fifth grade, where a child can show affection without being self-conscious. …

“Have fun. Be safe. I love you.” I say these words to my sons, Rafael and Santiago, every time they go out. Now, in the wake of a gunman’s murder of forty nine people with fifty three more injured at Pulse, a gay dance club in Orlando, these words take…

There is nothing more liberating for me than swimming in the ocean. The photo above provides a glimpse of my perspective when I’m in the water. It is beautiful, inviting, and healing. When I dive below the surface, a new world unfolds. One moment, I may swim among a school…

Many years ago, I accompanied my friend to a clinic where she, like millions of other women in this country, had an abortion. Despite the fact that she had a loving family and many friends, she sought only my support. I remember every detail of that experience — from the…

2022 marks the year of the Water Tiger. Unlike cartoonish images of a drenched, miserable feline, tigers (along with most other big cats) are powerful and proficient swimmers. …

“I started in one direction and ended up where I am today. How I could have come to be where and who I am is beyond my understanding.” A friend recently shared these words with me to account for the impact that grief had had on him. We talked about…

Today is my 60th birthday! “This is it,” someone recently told me, conjuring up names like geezer, has-been, and codger. They somehow imagined it was my time to sit idly in a rocking chair and stare out the window. The truth is, the opposite has come to pass. My days…

You are sacred. You are a blessing. You have medicine to share. You can heal the world. Imagine if every child, every person, started the day with a blessing like this. That’s how it was for young Jerry Tello, whose grandmother would tiptoe into his room in the pre-dawn hours…

“Be like water making its way through cracks…and you shall find a way around or through it… Be water, my friend. ~ Bruce Lee ~ The death of Ahmaud Arbery verifies the staying power of white supremacy. The verdict from the trial of Mr Arbery’s killers shows that white supremacy…