Four and a half years after I got the idea to write a book, we “hit send” on the manuscript this week – sending it to our publisher for “their process” – copy editing, layout, proof reading, etc.  We currently expect it – Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves...

Last week I received an email that really made me smile. It was from the Senior Manager of Inclusion and Diversity in a major U.S. retailer. He is organizing book groups for those interested within a 3,000 member work-group -- to read about and discuss books...

February 6, 2016 changed my life forever. My three-year-old daughter had been up all night crying because of a terrible earache.  My husband was out of town to attend his grandfather's funeral, so I was single-parenting. Finally around 3 AM I decided to take her...

Wednesday, July 22 wasn’t supposed to be an extraordinary day by any stretch of the imagination. All I had planned was a quick trip to the grocery store with my kids in tow followed by dropping lunch off at my husband’s office and then that...

Good news – I just had brain surgery! Sounds funny, I know, but I got admitted to a clinical trial for an experimental treatment at Stanford Hospital.  I was lucky to be the last person admitted into the Stanford study with 11 other people. There are...