Meet Tara. She’s extraordinary.

Meet Tara. She’s extraordinary.

I had the great privilege of interviewing Tara Baswani for my book and have featured the award winning performing artist in Chapter Three of The Spare Room, “A Voice for the Voiceless”. And oh, what a voice. Tara broke professional ground as a leading...
Hand me downs.

Hand me downs.

This photo was taken three years ago. I had handed down that yellow tank to Laini, who then sewed and affixed some fabric flowers to make it her own. I think there’s something sweet and intimate, wearing someone’s hand me downs. And now that my twelve...
“I value you.”

“I value you.”

My daughter occasionally disappears for hours at a time, only to emerge with a beautiful piece of jewelry she’s just created. This is her love language; she translates an emotion she may not always verbally or physically express, and pours that love into the...