Yearly Archives: 2024

Treasure Chest

Sent home after two full days, she is transported with a foam cushion on her chest protecting her from the seatbelt.

Portrait of a Lady

With wide eyes and uplifted chin she jauntily taught me some Polish swearing as if she were a museum curator proudly displaying locked-up treasures to a VIP.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Time

Fifteen years ago, I became a mother and lost track of time. The organizing principle of my life with my infant son was purely physical: milk in, milk out.

The Kitchen Window

I’m thirty-two years old. There is no kitchen window over my kitchen sink, but light from the large living room windows brightens the room.

Cancer: Then and Now

Six-year-old me thought that not talking about cancer would make it less powerful. Looking back now, I see how powerful it was. 

Betty

At night she could appear pensive, resentful, romantic...What a thrill to find out. her name was Betty,

Living in Third Person

Depersonalization is a mental disorder where a person feels dissociated from their own physical characteristics, feelings, and emotions.

Lists: How I Calm My Pre-Election Jitters

My lists are bifurcations, personal protests against the confusing and abhorrent political landscape that blights our days and invades our dreams.

I Can Happily Remain Misunderstood

To understand what gets one to the place of considering divorce...well, I can happily remain misunderstood.

Sick Kid City

I woke up one morning with arms and legs I could no longer control. I made jerky movements, as though my bones were stuck...

Depression in 100 Word Doses

The cold comes first. It slithers in while I sleep—in the middle of the night or during a late afternoon nap. I gasp awake....

To Mother Like a Man

I breathed in the forceful air to quell the feeling, stifling another selfish wish too sinful to say out loud. I wish I could mother like a man.
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