Since your death, I’ve been living not just with complicated grief, but also with PTSD. There are days when the slightest noise has me hanging from the ceiling.…
Everyone seems to be going on great vacations and magical summer adventures—Disney, week-long beach trips, weeks at the lake. Kids are doing amazing half-day camps seemingly tailor-made to…
“I have so much to get done before school gets out.” I’ve been hearing this a lot lately from all kinds of moms – full-time working moms, part-time…
Dear Graduates, Thank you for inviting me here to speak to you. I know you’re expecting I’ve come to tell you the world belongs to you and then…
Green stuff is poking up around my driveway. I think they are daffodils, but I planted them too close to the edge of the driveway and they get…
His name was Marshal. I met him the summer before my freshman year of high school. He was the first boy who confirmed what I’d already suspected. Marshal…
It’s that time of year when I am in full swing Christmas-mode, up to my eyeballs in holly jolly. Over the next couple nights I will be wrapping…
I’ll admit it. I’ve been a tad bitchy lately. Take all this effing festive fuss and mix it with raging hormones. Couple that wreckage with patchwork sleep (and…
Every holiday season, I face a hard choice. Attend my office Christmas booze-up party or…well…just about anything else. Here’s a true story: one year a guy I work…
The holidays can be a tough time for people who have suffered the loss of a loved one, no matter how much time has gone by. Sitting down…