Being human
and life's little mysteries

I have a 77 year old liver; the rest of my body is 51. This mismatch of age between a vital organ and the rest of my body does not rest...

Many of you know me to be a practitioner of yoga and veganism, which I have subscribed to at two distinct points of my life: as a late...

Richard Pilnick Where do we go when we disappear? What risks would you take if you weren’t so attached to your name, face, physicality,...

Back in the days when photography development was manual, the exposure process was a mixture of excitement, patience and instinct. Timing...

A memory of my five year old self exists, sitting in my mother’s giant eggshell yellow Pontiac station wagon on the way home one day from...

Until recently, if someone had told me I was ‘on the spectrum’, I would have thought they were giving me a compliment about being...

It’s a beautiful sunny day. I wave to my darling young son and his father as they ride off on one bicycle to school. It sounds like a...

A few years ago after receiving a new liver via transplant, the doctors said to ‘give it time’ when I asked how long it would take to...

Dear God, It’s hard to believe this is the first official letter I have ever written to you. I’m sorry it took me so long to pen one...

It’s hard to believe it has been eight months since my life changing operation; on September 26, 2013 I was given a second chance at life...

Trauma. It is a loaded word that like everything, manifests in many different ways and for different reasons. Who knows why some people...

March 26 marks the 6 month mark of the biggest day of my life (besides being born and giving birth), the day of my liver transplant....

I was asked by a local yoga studio to write a piece about my experience with yoga and my transplant in particular, under 700 word. This...

Sometimes it’s good to take a pause. A pause to clean up shop, so to speak (the body and mind where we live and work); to reflect on why...

Writing this letter has been a very important part of my healing, however, I am realizing that my journey of healing and recovery is just...

Last night I taught my first yoga class in 11 weeks. Hooray! I feel so blessed for every new day that I continue to feel stronger and...

Today marks the ten week point since I underwent a liver transplant, and the two week home mark. The first week was a blissful blur of...

After eight weeks in the hospital recovering from a liver transplant, I’ve finally been discharged and have begun to take stock of who I...

Well, folks, I am still in the hospital, week seven starts tomorrow. The nurses and doctors are frustrated. My regular visitors are...

Over the past few days of being in the hospital, my mind and emotions have stabilized as I acclimate to the lowered doses of pain...