When I look back at my writing journey, I realize that creativity and the processes of grieving and healing are an ongoing focus in my work. I first explored the death of a child in a one act play, Why Do You Laugh The Way You Do, written when I was a graduate student in playwriting. Inscapes, a play funded by the Utah Arts Council and produced by Theatre 138, combined an art therapy exhibit and play to explore the issues of creative process and suicide. However, it was my work in pediatrics at the University of California Davis Medical Center that deepened my understanding of the transformative power of art and of the complex and ongoing processes involved in grief and healing. I have tried to express this understanding, first through a one act play, You’re Getting Warmer, and a memoir, Shards of Memory.

You’re Getting Warmer, a DVD and discussion guide

• “Powerful one-act play addressing dealing with death and dying in children.”
  ~ Wong-Baker FACES® Foundation

Shards of Memory, a memoir

• My memoir is a tribute to the remarkable children I met and loved through my work in pediatrics at the University of California Davis Medical Center. These children taught me about courage, about the transformative power of art, about gratitude.