It’s amazing how many times and how many ways your heart can break. It’s equally astounding that there are so many flavours of pain. When my mother first…
This is how a secret feels. I’m sitting on the couch trying to read, but I’m distracted by the sound of my husband consuming a cup of iced…
If two trains leave different stations at the same time, how long will it take our children to realize that we’re asking them pointless questions and disrespecting their…
It was Spring 2003, my freshman year of college; I was 18 years old and had just started my COM316 course: Gender in Communication. The first day of…
Caitlyn Jenner has shown incredible courage in the face of public scrutiny. Pardon the pun, but she’s got bigger balls than most of us do and I greatly…
A few months ago I posted a rant on Facebook about cars in front of me in the Starbucks drive-thru line buying non-caffeinated bullshit. My friend commented…
I don’t know how you feel about flying, but I find it to be a mixture of limited choices, unusual smells and, every so often, jubilant elation –…
One chilly Sunday morning, my children got word of football player Jim Harbaugh’s impending vacation from the NFL. For those who may not know him, Harbaugh is the…
Good morning class of 2015. I am honored today to stand before you all today. Most of you don’t know who I am. I’m a local writer, entrepreneur,…
Thanks to the magic of the internets, vaginas are everywhere. I mean… yeah… vaginas have always been everywhere because… well, because: duh. But seriously, people. I can’t open…