I’m a Woman Without Close Friends, and Here’s Why
I don’t have girlfriends. It feels pathetic. How does one go 38 years without developing a single drop-everything-and-be there-for-you friendship?…
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I don’t have girlfriends. It feels pathetic. How does one go 38 years without developing a single drop-everything-and-be there-for-you friendship?…
Continue ReadingDear white moms, You are my friends. You are my sisters. We are the same in more ways than we…
Continue ReadingAnxiety moved in when I was 15 years old. Her first gift was a panic attack that played out for…
Continue ReadingFor years I haven't put much thought to racism. I'm ashamed to say it, but it's true. I've been taught…
Continue Reading"I'm fat, old, and out of shape," I said in a matter of fact way as I entered the van.…
Continue ReadingNo one talks about the loss that happens when you become an aunt. No one talks about what you lose.…
Continue ReadingSticks and stones still break bones. Words still hurt. And racial violence still kills. I sat in bed the other…
Continue ReadingThere is a dish from my childhood that sings my name when I feel sad. It wraps me up in…
Continue ReadingMAMA! These are my four sons. Paul Jr. Joseph, David, and Noah. They are cute funny and brilliant. I love…
Continue ReadingIf you were to zoom in on our family at dinner time recently, we’d look like any other family during…
Continue ReadingI’m going to be perfectly honest: I had no intention of leaving the state of Pennsylvania when I went to…
Continue ReadingAmid this COVID-19 crisis, learning to enjoy the sanctity and the privacy of our own homes all day, every day…
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