Home, Love, Freedom and Driving Down Back Roads
That road. The one that winds and dips and turns through the trees and comes to a weird, Y-shaped intersection. The one we used to drive down after school in our hand-me-down cars listening to The...
View ArticleThis Single Mothers Mother’s Day
She learned about Mother’s Day at her preschool. Every year the teachers spend days making special projects for us Mommies. They splatter paint canvases on “Jackson Pollack Day” which they wrap in hand...
View ArticleMy Forgotten Lover – New York City
Her triage of artfully arranged photos – a sepia-toned antique truck, a fox in a suit, a black and white close up of a sheaf of wheat –they mock me from the wall of her adorable Brooklyn apartment....
View ArticleThe Shower on New Year’s Eve That Washed Away Everything
My oldest is 5 years old, so that means I haven’t celebrated New Year’s Eve in any significant way for six, pregnant, breastfeeding, infant, toddler, kid years. But this New Year’s Eve, I was lacking...
View ArticleHow to Love Someone Who Hates You
The latest venom my ex husband spat via email was, “I won’t be wasting another minute of my life trying to explain something to you.” This came after I asked simple and reasonable questions regarding...
View ArticleTo Kelly and Jackie: You Are the Lucky Ones
I have watched for years as a Facebook acquaintance grappled with the loss of her sister from cancer. First, it was news of bad tests. Then, it was the hope of remission. Then, more bad tests. Then,...
View ArticleHis Hands
On our first date he sat across the booth from me at Outback Steak House and over a Blooming Onion he said, “I bet you’ve never dated a guy like me.” I replied, “What do you mean?” He held up his...
View ArticleOprah and Scars and Trust Issues
If you know me in person, you know that Oprah is my spirit animal. Since I was a teenager, growing up in a home where nothing was really talked about, Oprah came on television everyday and talked about...
View ArticleWhen Life Gets Out of Control
After some informal inquiries with many of my friends and acquaintances it would seem the consensus is… August suuuucked. In a time which is supposed to be of leisure and good weather – and in the past...
View ArticleThe Politics of Hate and the Power of Story
Yesterday was a scary day not just for me personally, but for our country. For me, it started like any other, catching up on news and work. What followed was a series of events regarding politics which...
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