CNN ran an interview this morning that caught my attention. Anderson Cooper was interviewing Christopher Hitchens the author of God Is Not Great.  Hitchens is quite famous for his views against the existence of God.  He is also currently battling a very lethal form of cancer.  Cooper wondered if the disease had changed his beliefs at all.  Hitchens...

If you could choose the gender of your unborn child, would you? For $9 000, there are doctors in Thailand who are happy to help. The concept of “designer babies” is not a new one.  Arguments against preselecting or prescreening embryos usually focus on two main areas: how far is too far and what happens to the unwanted embryos? Popular opinion...

The best picnic I ever had was also the simplest. I was in London with my Mom, a rare trip, just the two of us taking in the sites of the country where I was born.  It was a beautiful day in early summer, a day meant for parks and grass under your toes and taking your time. We stopped at a grocery store for tomatoes and good cheese and focaccia...

When my son was diagnosed with autism, I was surprised at the depths of grief that threatened to overwhelm me. Even though I still had my son, I felt as if I had lost him in some ways. The burden of mourning and moving into a new normal was not a load I was able to carry on my own. Thankfully, my family and friends linked arms with me, walking...

From a distance, “disabled” always seemed like an innocuous word.  It was simply an adjective that described a set of physical circumstances.  It’s a word I’ve often used, never aware of its power.  But when a friend used that word to describe someone that I love I had a startling realization.  Up close, “disabled” sounds an awful...

Written by Peng Fei, translated by Eugene Wu A story woven by a hyperactive child, parental concern, and God’s love Time has seen the passing of the childhood days of our son, Han. Year after year he has blown out the candles on his birthday cake, and he has now reached the age of eighteen. Although a strong and solid physique has replaced...

Written by Denise, translated by Eugene Wu Kang is my first child and only son. Like all parents I showered all my love upon him from the moment he was born. But when he was almost two years old, he still couldn’t talk. He didn’t understand what my husband and I were saying to him.  He didn’t even respond to his name. He didn’t cry...