A partial list . . .

Daughter Dread  published in It's A Girl: Women Writers Write About Raising Daughters by Andi Buchanan

Unacceptable Losses published in The Washington Post

Gentlemen, Grab Your Towels published in The Washington Post

Still Waiting for the Right Words published by the Christian Science Monitor

Competing Influences published by Parenting

Why I Ditched the Family Photo Albums published by Redbook

The Less-Is-More Christmas published by Parents

Unacceptable Losses

It was a very ordinary day, the day of the earthquake. Trip to Santa Cruz for errands, naps, planning for dinner, Sweet mundane ordinary life--a life the next day I thought I might never reclaim.  One second I was sitting on the couch thinking about what was in the pantry, and the next the couch became a bucking bronco as bombs whistled and exploded outside. A part of me instantly registered what was happening and took action, while another part seemed to watch,filled with the slow-motion horror you might expect in a car crash of a fall off a cliff, but not in the ordinary confines of your own home.