Thoughts

Cecile and her father I wouldn't be the person I am today without the love and wisdom my father shared with me. My father's foundation shaped my life and career. H…

Your tampon has lead it in.  Oh, and also arsenic, cadmium, and god knows what else. That was the message I heard loud and clear when I opened my phone earlier…

It hit home the day I booked the restaurant for my daughter’s university graduation dinner: I’m a grown-up now. My husband and I had talked it over with my daughter — …

Our cancer story began in our little boy’s favourite place. We were spending the weekend in Syracuse, watching his favourite basketball team play. It was his eighth bi…

When I was just 20 months old, my parents were told that I might never graduate college or be able to live on my own.  This was because doctors had just diagnosed…

Of all the interesting stories featured on The Honest Talk, I never know which ones will jump out at me. Recently, it was this one: Did 'Marathon Mom' ignore her kids? Wh…

Photo by Caroline Phillips I vividly remember riding beside my mother in our old Volvo station wagon when I was a very little girl. She was wearing navy blue Adidas sn…

You may have read Robert Fulghum’s essay, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, and yes, it’s true — kindergarten is a time of immense learning. But as …