What if someone wrote to me and confessed being a "former pedophile?" What would I say? As a mom, I've thought about this a lot. So this is a letter, I would write to a pedophile - who is actually working to recover. I try to address it to one who is trying to stay in recovery, because no issue is...

'MAYA ANGELOU'S' BEST POEM EVER A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .. enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own, even if she never wants to or needs to... A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... something perfect to wear if the employer, or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour... A WOMAN...

Nine years ago today, the SF Coroner's office took possession of my 49-year old mother's body. It isn't clear exactly when she died. Phone records indicated she called her father for Father's Day. It took them a few days to find me (I had moved to Austin, Texas and my mother did not update her...