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Continue reading →: Measuring Grief: The Small Moments That Showed Me I Was HealingGrief doesn’t disappear; it changes. These were the quiet signs that my memories of my mom were becoming filled with love instead of only heartbreak. My mom lived in a beautiful, quaint New Jersey town in a modest brick house that beamed with love. She and my Dad permanently settled…
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Continue reading →: Recipe of LoveI sit in my damp kitchen and smear mustard on two pieces of wheat bread. My daughters are out with their boyfriends, and my son is strumming his guitar upstairs. The rain pelts the sliding doors as I wait for my father to visit. He tells me my mother couldn’t…
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Continue reading →: How a Love Affair with Manhattan’s Energy Shaped My Life JourneyI knew what I wanted, sort of I always wanted to live in a skyscraper, but the closest I got to it was working at the Empire State Building. Growing up, I’d watch all the New York City movies of couples who had stunning Manhattan apartments, complete with a doorman…
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Continue reading →: The 360 Shift of Middle AgeI started writing this piece a few hours ago, and while it was free-flowing, it just wasn’t hitting the way I wanted it to, so I left my desk and went outside for a walk. Whenever I get stuck, I put it away because I know my brain is always…
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Continue reading →: I’ll Never Get Over Losing My Mom and It’s OKIn the first year after Mom crossed over, I didn’t know how I’d lived for 365 days without her. One year without hearing her voice, saying “I love you, baby.” It still breaks my damn heart. As a child, we lived with my Nanny and when I was seven, she…
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Continue reading →: Why Our Overactive Society Views Shyness as a SicknessWhy shyness isn’t a problem — and might be a strength we keep misunderstanding If you’re raising a quiet or shy child, or were one yourself, have you ever stopped to consider that being shy or introverted might not be a bad thing? While there are countless books on how to help…
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Continue reading →: My Grays Showed Me How to Live My LifeGrays erupted in my early 40s around the same time I started to realize I had a say in my own life. I quickly covered them up, lest someone see them. This only led to having them burst out a couple of weeks later, as if to say, “Danielle, you’re…
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Continue reading →: Living Through Losing My MomYears ago, I used to break down in a puddle every time these thoughts popped up (which was more often than even imaginable). Then I purposely tried to stuff my sorrow. I can’t say it was any better. It was just different.
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Continue reading →: I Did Everything Backward in Life — And It Still Worked OutIt’s perfectly fine to do things your own way Getting pregnant at 19, graduating from college at 29, and building a career in publishing wasn’t the traditional path — but it taught me that life doesn’t have to follow a perfect sequence to turn out well. To say I did everything backward isn’t…
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Continue reading →: Welcome
I’m Danielle, a writer and editor who’s spent the last 20 years covering health, wellness, and parenting. My work has appeared in MSN, Babble, Mom.com, SurvivorNet, Midwifery Today, the ASPCA, and more, covering everything from maternal health and fertility science to pet wellness and home design. Along the way, I’ve…
Hello,
I’m Danielle
I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was old enough to hold a pencil. I feel extremely fortunate to be able to have made a career in publishing. My favorite things to write about are those things that matter to me most: parenting, pets, family, and love.
