What is the Neutral Zone? It could be a Star Trek episode, an ice hockey coaching strategy, or even a political commentary about oil production on the Saudi Arabian peninsula. But not this time. This Neutral Zone (NZ) is about the chaotic stage of life change. It’s what William...
Before going to the field, I used to watch skin divers from the beach in Southern California. Some could stay down mere seconds before coming up for air, and others (my husband among them) would stay down a full two minutes without resurfacing, with my fears mounting as the...
Before I had my first child, I dreaded going to baby showers and hearing the various war stories of childbirth. It couldn’t be as painful as they described. Why are women still enduring this torture in the 20th century if it is so horrible? Of course I was the...
“You look beautiful,” Nancy said as I joined her on the sidewalk in front of school. Thursday afternoon pick-up time and let me tell you, I was not looking beautiful. Not that Nancy was lying. She called it as she saw it. But she was mistaken. The day started...
