My Toxic Father Does Not Define Me
I don’t have a father, and it’s completely fine. It really, really is. It’s taken me 40 years to say…
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I don’t have a father, and it’s completely fine. It really, really is. It’s taken me 40 years to say…
Continue ReadingMemory ghosts dance in the periphery of my mind. Even though three weeks have passed since I dropped her off—my…
Continue ReadingI have always been one of those people who want to do something: take a class in documentary filmmaking, make…
Continue ReadingTapping the “off” button on my iPhone, I ended the FaceTime with my daughter. Smiling to myself, I reflected on…
Continue ReadingSometimes I get mad when I rearrange my work schedule so I can make it to my son’s high school…
Continue ReadingFor Christmas, Mom and Dad gave each of my sisters and me a note with a pan of frozen lasagna.…
Continue ReadingIt’s OK to grieve your absent parents while they’re still alive. I see so many articles or well-meaning posts from…
Continue ReadingMy husband and I have been married for 23 years and we have never spontaneously gone four hours away to…
Continue ReadingI walked with a determined gait through the airport doors after I hugged my adult son goodbye. My tenacious walk…
Continue ReadingI call my sister for another update on Mom. Last week had been my week to help out. Our mother…
Continue ReadingYou know what’s really hard? Parenting. You know what’s even harder? Parenting a child who isn’t a child anymore. My…
Continue ReadingI’d never heard of apartment sofas until last month, probably because I had hand-me-down living room furniture when I was…
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