Dearest Solomon, Tonight, we had a big election. On the ballot were all House seats, a lot of Senate seats, and the soul of America. Your dad wrote his own beautiful and poignant letter to you this morning, and I agree with all of it. I have to be honest…

At Tech For Campaigns we were thrilled to host four amazing leaders for two fireside chats last week. Ruchi Sanghvi, Dropbox VP of Ops and first female engineer at Facebook, along with David Chiu, member of the California State Assembly, joined us in person in San Francisco on December 12…

“Making the decision to have a child — it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” — Elizabeth Stone In many ways, today was a day like any other. In some ways, it was a first — which wasn’t actually a…

This post is part of the “Write the Word” writing challenge, where we write about a new word every day. Come join! Whether you love magic or distrust it as voodoo malarkey, I’d venture a guess that you are fascinated by it. It’s hard not to be. “How do they…

Naturally, when I think of transition, I think of change. Many people fear change, but many people embrace it. I, personally, have never been afraid of change. I think that’s because I’ve had a chance to discover and test my resilience early on — and there is a strength that…

I grew up in Communist Soviet Union. Even though my life was full of love and things that money can’t buy, I didn’t have a lot of the things growing up that my American peers had. Relative to other folks, we were very privileged — but we didn’t have a…

My dear sweet Solomon, You are a boy, which means you will grow up to be a man. As your mom, I have an interesting and unique challenge to teach you about how to treat women — from a woman’s perspective. …

Dear Solomon, Having you has been the most amazing, joyful and life changing event, which I couldn’t even fathom. But with all the joy comes incessant worry, because as your dad says, “I’ve never had anything to lose before.” I’m a worrier by nature, and I worry infinitiely more now…

My unexpected love affair with breastfeeding — My darling Solomon, You got your first tooth recently. You are growing up way too fast! Soon your little tooth will be joined by many more. My milk is your main food source right now, but it won’t always be this way. At some point, you’ll start using those teeth…