My daughter and I attended Heath Mello’s campaign rally last night. He is running for mayor of Omaha, and Bernie Sanders spoke on his behalf to a crowd of over 5,000 people. Today it was reported that the National DNC was criticizing Bernie for stumping for a democratic candidate (Mello) who is also pro-life in…

A lot has been written about body image in women but not nearly enough. I grew up a skinny kid. I was athletic and involved in sports year-round as well as dance. I never really worried much about my body image. I just focused on my goals, in sports and academically. In college I ran…

Love never looks the way you expect it to. It never comes in the pretty wrapped packages that you want. Love comes barreling in, masked as those you want to fight and resist. Love reaches into your self and twists and turns in discomfort and confusion. Only when you let go and stop controlling do…

The following letter to my daughter is something I wrote back in January of 2012. A friend of mine triggered my memory of it, so I went online to find it. It came from a private blog that I kept from 2009 to 2013 while going through my separation and divorce (so a couple years…