I sat on the edge of the bed. When he leaned over to kiss me goodbye I twisted my hands into the sheets to keep…
I turn 22 tomorrow. This time last year I was in the process of dropping out of college, obviously a bit of a big deal….
He jokes that he grew up so poor that a trip to McDonald’s meant one burger split five ways, that his parents moved to the…
I overheard a conversation in the gym locker room recently between three 30-something year old women. One woman was worried that she wouldn’t be able…
Writing is motherf–king hard. It seems really simple. You sit down somewhere, anywhere really, pick up a pencil or open your computer, and write words….
I wanted to tell him “shut up and sit the hell down.” I wanted to remind him of his daughters, sisters, and mother, to ask…
Meme was in New York City when the center stone of her engagement ring fell out. Later that day, my Aunt Margot found a diamond…
When I posted “The Problem with Little White Girls (and Boys): Why I Stopped Being a Voluntourist”, I guessed it might get more eyes than…
The coin, a 1926 silver dollar, sits front and center in the belt buckles ‘window’ surrounded by fancy scroll work. The buckle came, if it…
I have a confession. I am a horrible dancer. I’m not being modest. I’m actually that bad. The only move I have managed to master…