Does it mean I’m getting my job done as a mother when my daughter says, “Mom, you can be protective, just not over-protective.” I like to believe this is true, especially when I feel the urge to micro-manage her independent, free-spirited nature and keep her safe inside boundaries surrounded by love and encouragement.

I tuned into the radio while driving Simone to school and the DJ said, "If your last text was written on your tombstone, what would it be?" Mine was to my sister, Michelle Adams, at 6:37 in the morning, "Remember-- We come from sturdy stock on both sides-- the Adams...

Another snapshot in the ongoing acceptance of healing after loss... We're talking real life here... The kind that wants to stay hidden, but is there on the surface if you look close enough... or at least my daughter, Simone, looks close enough and lets me know what...

  I was in the same 3rd grade class as author Ray Bradbury's Granddaughter when he visited for "Show & Tell." It wasn't until years later that Dandelion Wine became a favorite book of mine. When I was 7 years old I won a fire awareness contest in school by drawing...