Koren deHaven

I recently attended Gun Sense University in Albuquerque. In addition to big morale-boosting group sessions, we also had breakout...

Dear Ruby, You are now thirteen. A teenager. A little…well, an almost-taller-than-your-rather-tall mother woman. Can we slow down this...

I turn 43 on Sunday, which in itself isn’t so bad — I’m in a pretty good place physically, emotionally, professionally, and spiritually....

To my three-year-old self, Mom and Dad’s divorce is not the end, more of a starting line, drawn thick and defining, the beginning of...

Growing up, I wasn’t one of those girls who was always doing cartwheels and somersaults. Back handsprings were the demise of my high...

Stay in the nest a spell longer Let me breathe in the scent of your innocence Stay in the nest a spell longer so unkind words ...

I wrote this poem back in 1992 when I was living in Newport Beach attending Irvine Community College. It was my first real attempt at...

Remember when you were little and 40 sounded SO old? Today is my 40th birthday and suddenly forty doesn't seem old at all. It seems,...

Three words. That was all it took to catapult me from a confident girl to a self-conscious teen. The timing couldn’t have been worse, nor...

I’m irked. Reading all these tributes and posts about the now-sainted Steve Jobs, especially by people who didn’t even know him, annoys...