As I sat and watched the documentary RBJ about the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I couldn't help but think abou...

Sophie got a new wheelchair yesterday, thanks to her private insurance which is governed by the Affordable Care Act's protection of...

That's Elena Hung and her young daughter Xiomara. They are powerful women, and you have the chance to hear all about the work t...

Today, the FDA announced its approval of GW Pharmaceuticals' Epidiolex, a cannabis-based medicine for epilepsy. As I've writt...

My friend and fellow caregiver, Jason Lehmbeck, and I have launched our passion project, a podcast about and for caregivers of childr...

Venice Blvd. Los Angeles, California June 20, 2018 Do you remember as a child getting separated from your mother in a public place? I ...

Artist: Eleazar Velazquez Mary Moon at Bless Our Hearts has written a magnificent post about the current POSPOTUS' administration...

Last night we had to unexpectedly put our beloved goofy dog Valentine to sleep. The night before last, I was up most of the night with h...

So, tomorrow (Friday) marks the end of the second week of Sophie's recovery from her wisdom teeth extraction, and it appears that sh...

William Blake, The Symbolic Figure of the Course of Human History described by Virgil,  illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante A...

I, like millions of other children who grew up in the late sixties and seventies, loved Mr. Rogers with a quiet intensity, and while I...

I had a massage last night in a weird little Thai parlor in Koreatown. The place is on the second  floor of an ugly strip mall, right ab...

Wake to the sound of a seizure at 5 am, a guttural moan and rattling, and run/hobble to patient's bedroom to assess situation Adm...

It's rare that I'll respond to a marketing plea from a public relations firm with anything other than sarcasm, but I r...