I never really wanted a dog. I am more of a cat person – the coming, the going, the ignoring you, the keeping-their-distance thing was way more my style. I value independence. But, raising a single child as a single mother in the city that has more single people than families, that has lots of...

Darling, Look around. Everything is dying here in the Northeast. The grass is brown. The leaves are throwing one last party, exploding with color, before they fall, die, and dry up. Every year: death. Birth, life, death. I have always had a preference for the first two. Birth is so beautiful. Life – so exciting....