I wanted to be the perfect mom. The mom who sent her children to school in stylish outfits, volunteered at every PTA event, baked...

Whatever you say to me, comes out of you and has very little to do with me. Virginia Satir For months, I’ve been trying to write about the lasting impact words can have on a person. Ironically, I couldn’t find the words. Until this morning. I was making pâte à choux for tonight’s meal. It has become a family tradition to eat fondue for dinner and éclairs for dessert on New Year’s Eve. I was incorporating the eggs into the flour, butter, water, and sugar mixture when an unpleasant memory...

I spent my morning in bed with a lusty man’s man. Hemingway again. No, I did not read For Whom The Bell Tolls again; I watched...