Last year around November and December, the Monkey was restrained 4 times at school. Due to his OCD, changes in his routine are intense. It started with his iPad. He typically gets to his class,  iPad in the charging station, grabs it, sits down in his desk, and starts the day. His iPad has his…

I have been thinking a lot about my son’s village. The people the universe placed around him with care and intention. The ones who show up, who stay, who love him in ways that lift him and lift us too. As his mother, I have learned that a village is not something you plan. Maybe…

A couple of years ago my wife and I went to Oaxaca. We had the great pleasure of visiting Monte Alban, a Zapotec mountain site and former capital of the Zapotec people. We stood among their ancient pyramids and temples overlooking the Oaxaca Valley. I saw the carved stones, the plazas, the quiet dignity of…