Because I’m a woman I face the possibility of an unintended pregnancy. Highlighting the unique challenges of displaced women, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) remind us that 40% of pregnancies worldwide are unintended. For those who prefer numbers, that’s about 85 million unintended pregnancies per year. With such high numbers, much attention is directed toward […] Read More
A CNN article titled, “In Lesotho, women are finding their abortions on Facebook” details the shocking account of a Basotho woman by the name of Mpho (not her real name) who purchases illegal abortion pills called “womb cleaning pills”. She turns to the popular social media platform Facebook and finds someone claiming to be a […] Read More
When you hear the phrase “holding space for others” what images conjure up in your mind? We often hold seats for people at an event, or a place in line, but that’s not the kind of space I’m referring to here. Although I’ve been practicing the concept of “holding space for others” for […] Read More
The Gulf of Mexico early September is blissful. I was thoroughly entertained one afternoon while watching the shoreline birds. It struck me that even birds make decisions, from the wee wave chasing Sanderling, to the diving Seagull, and even the patient Great Blue Heron. Driven to eat, each one takes a calculated risk at the […] Read More
One of the highlights of my summer vacation is watching the sunset on the beach. One evening while walking the beach minutes before sunset I spotted a message in the sand, I said yes (heart). Someone I’ll probably never meet was proposed to, perhaps just minutes before I arrived at that very spot. […] Read More