Mom

  • It’s Your Birthday Alma

    Thirty-some years ago, my mother gifted me an author’s autobiography with the inscription: “To my author-daughter.” For the last three years, I’ve been plugging away at a book that pairs my medical anecdotes with her prayerful antidotes. And this year—on… Continue reading

    It’s Your Birthday Alma
  • A Traumaversary Treasure

    I expected a confetti cannon…or singing telegram, do they still exist? maybe a drone with a ribbon stating: “YOU HAVE MAST CELL ACTIVATION SYNDROME!” It would need to be in all caps because drones are small, and the ribbon would… Continue reading