Hunting...or why you should never raise your children to think for themselves

     "You raise smart girls and teach them to be individuals with minds of their own, and oddly enough they end up making their own decisions about their lives.  As much as you try to teach them to 'think critically,' you don't realize that you really meant 'think like me' until they show up with a tattoo or body piercing, or get a motorcycle license."

 

Artifacts

    "Cleaning out the garage is like going on an archaeological dig through the relics of my past.  Every corner, shelf, and drawer contains reminders of some other time or experience.  some things have spent more time with me than any of my friends, children or husbands, and, in their own way, are certainly more reliable."

 

Mind Thief

    "You'd think there would be no upside to watching your mother slowly lose her mind.  But there is.  It is the immeasurable blessing of watching her live free of the memories and pain that have tortured her for 80 years."

 

Assault

    "Grief can knock you down like a Mack truck.  It can take your heart out of your body and slam it on the ground without a second thought, and when it's happening to you, you couldn't care less.  "Take my heart," you think.  "It's not my heart anymore anyway."

 

The Election

    "While most of America is doing back flips over their Bibles over Bush's election, just about eveyrone I know is in deep mourning.  For some reason, we had the idiotic idea that an ex-war protester and his snotty wife could beat the head cheerleader of the entire United States.  What were we thinking?"

 

Mac Daddy

    "So now we have a generation of techno-junkies who don't even remember when a deep, slow conversation was infinitely more satisfying than a new application on their phone, when no amount of tweets per day could be more fulfilling than walking quietly with a friend."

 

Stayin' Alive...a guide to managing the health care system

    "Standing with someone in the hospital is exhausting, not just because you are witnessing their suffering, but because you have to be so vigilant, and sometimes have to go to battle to get what they need."