All articles filed in The Tough Stuff

They’re always a field of prickly cactus.

It’s there to remind me what people are capable of.

I’m never running away. I’m running through.

And how stories help us remember what we forget.

It will be (and is) extraordinary. But it will never be normal.

One woman showed us what millions of us endure. And how we cope.

Other public figures have, too. Maybe, collectively, this will add up.

Things I didn’t think I’d have to do: Debate the meaning of a word.

Because calm should – and can – beat chaos.

I sleep with a panic button. You know, the little red button on your car key fob that you hope you never accidentally push in the grocery parking lot?  I sleep with that. I tuck it under my pillow and I grip it as I fall asleep. But I only crawl into bed after I’ve…