When Proximity Dilutes Kindness
Mandy Arioto
Consistency. This is an attribute that has eluded me the first nearly four decades of my life. My husband on the other hand, wears
Consistency. This is an attribute that has eluded me the first nearly four decades of my life. My husband on the other hand, wears
Recently, CNN’s coverage of a tragic shooting was suddenly interrupted … by another tragic shooting. Sometimes it seems that violence and tragedies are happening
I really didn’t know what it was like to suffer from heart break until I was in my mid to late-twenties. Sure, life hadn’t been
“I want to help him mom. It seems like he’s depressed. I’ve never seen somebody who acts like how I used to feel.” He
I pulled a tooth today. Her tooth. Small, opaque and worn-down at the edges. Just an ordinary little tooth. Nothing unusual in this simple
Some friends a few years my junior recently hit milestone birthdays. You know the ones. They end in a zero. And with each friend’s
In the life of raising children, it is easy to parse out time in milestones: first tooth, last time nursing, first steps, last day
When I was growing up, one of my favorite movies was “The Wizard of Oz.” The most powerful scene for me as a little
My daughters were four, two, and newborn when it happened. I had not slept through the night in years. None of my clothes fit.
She had her hands to her face, and she kept repeating to the lifeguard, “That’s my baby. That’s my baby.” My best friend’s toddler