What do a geneticist, a mother of three, and a teenage one-armed swim instructor have in common? They each gave me a piece of advice that would shape the course of my path as...

When my oldest child was around two years old, she developed an obsession with dogs. Not a fascination, mind you, an obsession. She carried stuffed dogs everywhere she went, often crawled around on all...

I am not your average, mainstream mama bear. That didn’t happen by choice. And, although my journey into motherhood started out pretty ordinary, it has evolved into something quite unusual. As a mother of...