My ONE LOVE life

We were late and swim lessons were beginning. One child in the pool and the next almost in, I am focused and in full mom mode. Until a woman, a white woman in her 40’s, gets really close to my body as she’s passing and asks in a low voice, “is your daughter adopted?” Huh? [...]

I haven’t been an active writer these days.  You may have noticed.  It’s been quite a time for me,  I was whammied with a major health issue two months ago. I have no desire to lament the details about it here.  But what I have noticed is that stress is the true test of a [...]

So I am in Atlanta this week and wow is there a difference between Southern California and the South. It’s my first visit to the South actually and I really expected to like it. I felt good getting off the plane seeing all of the black faces around me. There is so much green around [...]

A while ago I heard from a reader who had a few good questions for me to write about.  She wanted to know, if and how my family’s opinion of my marriage had changed over time. The process of getting used to my new husband did take my parents some time.  And it’s hard to [...]

When I joined the Peace Crops more than a decade ago I was signing up for a cultural exchange program. Though people generally join because they want to be of service, that is really only 1/3 of the Peace Corps mission. The mission statement, a 3 point statement, is really 2/3 about having a cultural [...]

A reader writes: “I’d love to hear about the early days of your marriage. What weren’t you expecting?” My husband and I fell in love almost instantly and moved in together within the first six months of dating. This was the first time either of us had ever lived with a significant other. We were [...]

So we celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary this weekend. We’ve been together for more than a decade now! It feels like it’s just flown by. The great thing is that I am more in love with my husband than ever. I don’t think I ever expected to reach this point with him. Honestly we were [...]