These are unprecedented times. A month ago, we may have had a fleeting thought that this might happen but we still thought it would never...

We can never see someone's soul. We will never be able to know what someone is truly thinking or feeling. We can try but it is...

I've been on the path forward for as long as I can remember. I'm motivated by the future and have looked forward to it through every...

I have become afraid of the future. This is a strange feeling for me, a real 180, because, for most of my life I have been entirely...

I haven’t been this excited, since I was twenty, to add another year to my life. Turning forty was more or less a giant dumpster fire for...

I avoided you for forty years with the exception of that magic pill that gave me the power to bleed and birth on my own terms. Headaches,...

When I was a kid, my family went to the beach once a year. We lived just about two and a half hours from my family's favorite ocean spot...

I wake up every morning with a song in my head. The music is playing before my feet hit the floor. Depending on what happens during the...

At the recommendation of a colleague, I started watching Shrill. If you haven't heard of, or seen, the show, it airs on Hulu. The show is...

I've thought two things every day since October 20, 2006. Actually, I've carried this particular thought with me since 9:56 pm on October...

I have had two thoughts every day since October 20, 2006. The first is that my back hurts. All women have some sort of understanding that...

I’m learning to hate myself less. It’s not necessarily a New Year’s resolution because I think it’s a goal that’s going to take the rest...

When I was a little girl, I dreamed of having a fairy Godmother or a Good Witch in my life, just like Cinderella or Dorothy did. If only...