Robin Abcarian: Parenting a child again is a challenge, a joy and a lesson about who comes first
It's not very often that you get a chance to relive something as profound as parenting a young child, but quite out of the blue four months ago, a little girl I love came to live with me.
She is a close relative, and the circumstances that brought her to me are the usual combination of family difficulties and dysfunction.
It has been years since I've shared my home with anyone, so becoming the equivalent of a single mother late in life has put to the test all the good things I believe about myself. For example, I like to think of myself as patient, loving,
