Help your local food pantry ... Volunteering is a great way to support your community. Volunteering opportunities can range anywhere from cleaning up the neighborhood to planting a community garden.

Knowing how completely flattened I was shortly after Tom’s death and what a difficult slog it’s been to get my life moving again ... s own grief while also helping kids manage theirs.

Lesson 2: Doubting your kids doesn't help The tiny high school I attended ... ever graduate from an Ivy League university. In my childhood community, many consider the ideal to be graduating ...