Yearly Archives: 2013

The One Everyone Should Read: On Navigating Parenthood.

I found myself crying after my kids went to sleep that night. I cried for myself. I cried for the stress that his syndrome can create in me, but mostly, I cried for him. I cried for what I thought was missing. I was quiet after I let it all out; I was quiet all through the days that followed. Something had opened up, and I finally had to face it and deal.

Why People Self Sabotage Their Happiness

Confession time: For many years I used to be what I call an “enterpainer.” I loved to entertain friends with my pain, sharing amusing stories full of...

It Comes Down To This.

By Jen Pastiloff. It comes down to this: there are fathers everywhere. Look. There’s one. And another. You just missed one! Right there, there’s one. And...

Un-Motherhood

It’s one of those days. I curl on my side in a c-shape in the center of my bed, wrapping my arms around myself....

Holy Sh*t!

Holy Shit By Tim Heath Leuzarder   Right now, I am on Cape Cod-staying in the home of a good friend.  This friend (who shall remain nameless) is...

Air Hunger

I should be more used to them now, but every time they start, I come back to the same astonishing realization: warm blood really can feel like it is running cold. This unnerving sensation puts me more on edge. I am here but not here.

Sad Fish.

By Maggie May Ethridge In the news:a father, a mother at sixteen, a thirteen year old charged as an adult, a dog trapped in the sewer...

Aloneha! Honeymoon for One.

Aloneha! Honeymoon for One By Malina Saval It’s five days after my well-intentioned but delinquent boyfriend, Jake, has packed up his beat-up, burgundy Chevy —"I’m going...

Ghost Lives

I had my nervous breakdown behind the restaurant where everyone went out to smoke once the tables had their food and seemed to be...

Ruptured: An Essay on my Ectopic Pregnancy & Loss

Published on The Rumpus. Here is an excerpt…. When I arrived in Lenox, Massachusetts to be the guest speaker at Canyon Ranch for the week,...

The Love Campaign

I got this letter from an eighteen-year-old girl after she read my piece on called “Lessons from Middle School We Keep Forgetting,” which I...

What My Dog’s Death Taught Me.

By Amy Roost. Last week, my husband and I took our 13-year old yellow lab, Tiki, to the veterinarian...for the last time. Ever since she'd been...
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