Pieces of Mom
My mom died about six weeks ago—immediately following my bike ride from Boston to New ...
The heart wants what it wants
Discussion wanted. This was the heading of the email from the social worker on the ...
In Honor of Mother’s Day
It’s hard not to lapse into platitudes when talking about mothers. Most of us have ...
Birthday in a covid-19 world
We celebrated our daughter Gale's 30th birthday today. It was not what we had planned ...
Greeting new Christmas traditions
Usually the one to embrace new traditions when necessary, I had been worried about Christmas ...
Learning new logic in the older person
Why are you talking logic to a crazy person? This question was intoned by my ...
A Leprechaun’s Improvisation
On the evening of March 16th, when Kate was eight or nine, she greeted me ...
Valentine Presence
We moved our daughter into an apartment yesterday. She’s 25, and excited about this move, ...
A Young Life Lost to Drugs
We had last seen Garrett about ten years ago. He was a big, strong boy ...
About Meg
Meg is a licensed independent clinical social worker with over thirty-five years clinical experience. She holds a Master’s Degree from the Boston University School of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts from the State University of New York at Binghamton.