Jo’s Blog

The random yet comprehensive range of  recent terrorist attacks is what makes them so chilling. They could happen – literally – anywhere. An airport, a train station, a night club for gays, a night club for straights, a night club [...]

My sister Lucy Cuseo is writing a book on decluttering and organizing. She’s been at it for years and because she is hilariously funny and a great writer; her fan club is waiting eagerly to see it. But the last time we met, she was a bit [...]

I’ve never been a Public Servant before. I’ve always thought of myself as a Social Worker. Or maybe a CEO, since the organization I helped found and now run employs over 120 people and provides services to over 300 children every [...]

My phone suddenly stopped working this weekend. I was traveling and being connected was more important than usual. The friend who was picking me up at the train station had to find me. The driver who was getting me from her house to the venue [...]

I was 9 years old when my father’s mother died. I still remember hearing the phone ring and knowing – instantly – that Grandma was gone. I was already in bed for the night but I ran down to the kitchen where my mother was on [...]

India has great laws to protect children from sexual violence. Just don’t expect them to work. At least not on their own. Especially if you happen to be a girl. Or poor. Or disabled. If you are unlucky enough to be all three, you really, really, [...]

Moy Moy has quadriplegia. How did I not know this? I know the meaning of “quad” (4) and I know that Moy Moy has neither the use of her arms (2), nor her legs (2). I also know that 2 + 2 = 4. And yet somehow the term “quadriplegic”  has never [...]