Laura is free, running without a finish line
In this Aspirational Dreamscape, Laura is looking beyond the pain of a major car accident and sexual assault to thrive again. She is wearing her
Healing
Ann’s Self simply needed a Shabti
Ann’s disordered eating began with an obsession about weight. In a room full of women, I was always sizing myself up, and asking: where do
Kathy’s motivator: steaming vomit over the heart
When Kathy, a bulimic, experiences the “life-changing activity of pregnancy, she suddenly has a better appreciation for her body or as she puts it, “how
Madeleine’s body double loves sleeping & strawberries
Madeleine, a college student being treated for anorexia and insomnia by an art psychotherapist, reports that her reaction to stress is to ignore her hunger.
Esther’s last wish: that her sons see their similarities
Esther had concerns about her boys, one of whom was adopted, the other biological. They were drifting apart and in the wake of her anticipated
Crystal’s multicolor bandaids celebrate a 4-yr old’s spunk
Crystal is a young woman whose father Edward is slipping into unconsciousness in hospice. When she reveals that her “real” mom” was her dad’s sister,
Phyllis’s radio play about a bear lives on
For many years, Phyllis’s sons could not remember the last time they saw their mother smile. Most of the time she looked pained and miserable.
Alan’s clown nightmare speaks of a deep sibling bond
Alan and Bette are siblings, 15 months apart, living just blocks from Coney Island Amusement Park. A clown nightmare they both experience as small children—
Richard’s standing ovation thanks to Mom’s skirt
The story Dorothy tells is that her son Richard had a beautiful voice. And at age 6 on this particular Sunday, nothing could compel him
Bella dreamed of being a flight attendant
Bella in her last week of life as an inpatient at hospice confides – only to her daughter and in the presence of this memory
A birth mom’s gift to her biological daughter
It took 10 minutes for Therese’s biological daughter Liz to find her birth mom on the Internet. Now for her daughter’s 35th birthday, this Dreamscape
Afrin vs. Meat Ther-MOM-eter
Eccentricities can unite generations. In this Mother’s Day photomontage, mother and daughter come armed –: one with an Afrin bottle and the other with a