Carolynn Spezza and her family lost their home to the 2015 Valley Fire. This post was originally published in 2017, and therefore doesn’t include COVID-19 safety or social distancing guidance. Please ...

Have you ever been in a situation when a close friend calls or emails you and says that their child, spouse, or parent is seriously ill? What do you do? What do you say? A flood of thoughts and ...

I don’t want to be a bad friend or make her feel rejected, but I don’t believe this trip will help her -- and I simply cannot take a week off work to do it. I also suspect part of this may be mental ...