The Birthing Tree tells the story of Aliet Paul, a Mi’kmaw woman, and explores the tension between traditional Indigenous birthing practices and modern medicine. I

Dogs Were Different When I Was Growing Up. Our beloved Dachshund, Heidi, would walk my sister, brother, and me the mile to our elementary school

Going through boxes of papers and photographs last week, I found something I hadn’t seen in years: my Presidential Physical Fitness Award  from elementary school.

Music has always been an important part of my day. Whether morning, afternoon, or evening, it is usually playing in the background, a companion to

As the children returned to school last week, I found myself thinking about my own education and the many different forms it has taken throughout

This August Sturgeon Moon brought with it a powerful, deep partial lunar eclipse, obscuring 96% of the moon. I wasn’t able to witness the eclipse,

Shortly after our move from Hawaii to Virginia, my eldest daughter, Jenny, and I went on her second-grade class field trip. It was a beautiful

Shortly after our move from Hawaii to Virginia, my eldest daughter, Jenny, and I went on her second-grade class field trip. It was a beautiful

The morning-shift nurse wrote her name and the date on the dry-erase board in my husband’s room at Johns Hopkins almost a year ago. I