“Pay attention to the transitions, they leave you the most vulnerable.” I was learning from my Tai Chi instructor on a cool fall morning in 2021. He was...

There are no shortages of resolutions coming at you by now: join this gym! Do this cleanse! Do this with me: stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, place...

Some books have the power to change your life. Sometimes it’s because the book is just so good, so poignant, hits you in such a hard and beautiful...

On Friday, I shaved what was left of Penelope’s hair. She decided she had had enough of it thinning and getting matted, and just wanted it over with...

Yesterday I did a Facebook Live and read the first few chapters of Lucy the Bee and the Healing Honey. My book signing/release party was supposed to be...

When I was down in what felt like an extremely dark hole, I was trying anything and everything to claw myself out. What I now know to be...

Lately, things are extra loud around here.    Our kids are still little enough to rely on us for pretty much everything. Ciro never stops moving, talking, or moving...

My father remembers from his childhood the day his mother caught him skipping school. Each morning he’d leave his home in the small Italian mountain town of Introdacqua,...

Ciro loves his big sister, and I don’t think I could stress that enough. He looks to her when he does something funny so he can be sure...

Penelope’s preschool teacher walked her to my car at pickup, and I could immediately sense something was off. “I bet you’re wondering why Penelope is wearing different pants,”...