I have always gone through life with some odd sense of separation. People come into your life – or mine, as the case may be – and they go. In mine, they more often go than come. My mother left when I was 3. My brother died when I was 5. Aunts and Uncles came, and for various reasons, later went. My grandmother (who raised me as her own child) died in 1998 when I was 22. My dad died in 2004. No grandfathers. No Norman Rockwell family. They just come, and then… they go. My friend Renee once told ... VIEW POST

I have to confess the reason why I appear to be absent from my blog so often.  People blog for so many different reasons. Some document their family lives. Some document their hobbies. Some write all about their work or careers.  I admit, I've been stuck in an identity crisis. You see, there is Karen the children's author. I could blog about the new stories that I post on my website.  That would go over well with all the mommies who need new stories for their children.  Then ... VIEW POST