It's an autumn evening in 1987. The moon casts light, and creates shadows, on the small, shotgun-style home nestled under pine trees, and...

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 subconsciously carried many things with me when I got pregnant and most of them were expectations. My personal expectations for myself...

I was living the dream when I got my license. Dad had a work vehicle so I pretty much took over his boxy, blue Toyota Camry. My part-time...

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...

If I found a genie in a lamp, I’d easily have three wishes to ask for. The first would be to remove Donald Trump from office and provide...

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,...

Here's the thing about where I live. It's a 70 degree, sunny June day. We are contemplating whether we should move the winter coats from...

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...

Facebook has this lovely feature. Almost every day, my feed includes a post only for my eyes, should I choose to keep it that way. 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...

My grief is a revolving door, circling around and around,  in and out. My grief moves with the tide, ebbing and flowing, violently...

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...

I have a secret. Well, an extroverted secret because I’ve told about a dozen people. I don’t sleep much anymore. Late last summer,...

Just about a year ago I wrote my annual New Year's resolution post. If you didn't read it, or don't remember it, I shared my struggle...