alone in a crowd.
The train to my father’s is peaceful, and familiar and predictable. It is lonely. The vignettes I see through this window have been with...
My Spaghetti Family
We have all been missing a lot since March 2020. On March 12, 2020, schools shut down, and then slowly, the world shut down, one door at...
The reality of living with flashbacks (or living with someone who has them)
Have you ever driven down a long stretch of familiar highway, put the car in park at your destination, and realized that you remember...
sonder ( n )
“the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own— in which you might appear only once, as an...
It takes more than 100 women to put away just 1 man.
It took me awhile to watch the end of the ESPY Awards, where around 140 women stood side by side on stage to receive the Arthur Ashe...
How To Leave A Place Behind You (How To Find A New Home)
How To Leave A Place Behind You When you’ve experienced trauma of any kind, the place where it happened can bring it all back to you....
The Complicated Aftermath of Speaking Up
It’s been more than a year and a half since I came forward about what happened to me. What happened to me. What happened to me? It feels...
Room To Grow: The Goldfish Theory
Have you ever heard about goldfish, and how they can only grow as large as the bowl they’re stuck in? So, if you’ve got a goldfish in a...
5 Life-Changing Tips for Coping with Anxiety
Whether diagnosed or not, anxiety is something a lot of us deal with on a daily basis. It’s a word that gets tossed around a lot in...
Sick Days - Take 'em
Sick days. They’re something we all get a certain amount of, and something we all take a certain amount of… some more than others....
