Before my mastectomy, I had to get an EKG to test my heart, to make sure it would be strong enough for surgery. As I waited in the hospital lobby, I flipped through a Good Housekeeping magazine from last summer, with Michael J. Fox [who suffers from Parkinson’s disease] on the cover; the feature article […]
Recently I spoke to a group of organ transplant patients via Zoom. I was quite moved by their stories and coached them to share and write them. Afterwards, Taia, quiet during our Zoom, wrote to me privately. “I wanted you to know my story. I had my first transplant at age 18. Now at age […]
Madeleine L ’Engle said, “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” She is right. Books for children carry untold nuggets of wisdom. Certainly, my third-grade teacher knew this. Mrs. Vawter read to us every day […]
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