When my daughter was fifteen months old, we survived a plane crash. Doctors and the media called her the miracle baby. Airlines advise parents to hold children her age in their laps, even though they know that as far as science is concerned, there is not a way to prevent a lap-sitting baby from becoming […]
The Reality of Our Hopes
The waiting room for surgical patient check-in plays CNN on the TV. A mother whose 14-year-old daughter was shot to death at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School two days ago is yelling at Donald Trump to do something. I change the channel to Animal Planet. Not because I don’t care, but because I care too […]
