The Arab world felt foreign to me until a Muslim family adopted me, Ons Jabeur played in the US Open, and Mo Amer revealed how I’ve been speaking Arabic my whole life.
Memoir Monday: When the Foreign Becomes Familiar, Barriers Drop

The Arab world felt foreign to me until a Muslim family adopted me, Ons Jabeur played in the US Open, and Mo Amer revealed how I’ve been speaking Arabic my whole life.
On May 6 in America, we celebrate National Nurses Day. We are early — in Holland and elsewhere around the globe, Nurses’ Day will be celebrated on May 12. I am considering May 6 to be just the beginning of a week of honoring the women and men who carried me — literally and figuratively…
A catheter is a wonderful thing.