Chronic Mama Column

My mother has told me the story of my birth ever since I was a young girl. Even though I am nearing forty, I look forward every year to hearing my birth story. The details of that cold night, the dead car, my mother’s refusal of pain medication, my father’s inclusion in the birth, are [...]

I’ll be teaching/facilitating a class at The Center for Women called:
Healing Through Writing: How to write your way out of a painful [...]

WWFMD? (What would Frank McCourt do?)

“When it comes to writing about family or friends, you can be liked, or you can tell the truth. If you want both, you should become an accountant.” David Matthews, “Aces of Spades”
Great responses in the New York Times to the memoir released in the US this week titled, “The Lost Child” by Julie Myerson.
What [...]