Featured Sister’s Letters
Feeling Pressured To Abort – Part 2
My last article was about telling your parents that you’re pregnant, but what if after you tell them, they want you to get an abortion? What about...
Doing It Alone
Adjusting to motherhood is never easy. Natural, yes, but not easy. One of the hardest times is a few days after birth, when most women“crash,” or...
Could I Hurt My Baby From Too Much Drinking?
New Year’s Eve is a holiday that is notorious for excessive drinking. It is easy to get carried away when you are out having a good time, and...
Being a Stand Up Girl
All you brave Stand Up girls are my inspiration, these days. I love to read your letters and hear your stories, which are just amazing. It takes a...
Again. Really?
I did things in a rather conventional order.I graduated from university, got married and hoped for children.None came.So my husband and I adopted a...
A New Parent Diagnosed With Cancer
Any mother will tell you that having your first child is exciting and scary. I know that was true for me. Finally meeting my daughter, Lily, was...
Drawing the Line
Some people have been wondering what I mean by "unspoken set of rules." In my last column, I mentioned that having a set of rules for yourself...
Politics Tore Us Apart
She's revered as a trail-blazing feminist and author Alice Walker touched the lives of a generation of women. A champion of women's rights, she has...
Mom To A Teenage Mother
My eldest daughter had been rebellious for several years so when she told me that she was pregnant at seventeen, my reaction was calm. It was the...











