My essays have appeared in Cognoscenti, BrainChild, BrainTeen, Entropy, K’In Literary Journal, Herstry, Grown & Flown, and other publications. They explore family, motherhood, memory, loss, kindness, and the ordinary moments that stay with us. A selection appears below.
With Us, Still
I miss her in a visceral way. I want to brush her hair back from…
Wishes for My Sons
Mother’s Day 2020 falls on what I’d expected to be a busy weekend of May…
Summer Magic
Summers lingered, with pancakes for breakfast and sometimes for lunch, too. Mom peeled carrots and…
Sugar and Spice: A Fantasy Tale
Anna approached our car flipping her ponytail back and forth against her neck. She was…
Sons Unimagined
“It’s kind of sexist, though. Right?” my son says to me. It is not a…
Peering Out
Mom lies dying. We sit with her, around her. She gasps for breath, her lips…
Ordinary Mansions
I sit on the floor of our attic, in a pile of ghouls and goblins,…
Melrose Kindness Day
On November 20, Melrose, Massachusetts will celebrate its fourth annual Random Acts of Kindness Day….
For Better, For Worse, In 5K, In Ultra
Friday, July 19 9am: “I’m nervous,” I text Tara and Gary. “It’s gonna be 100 degrees…
First Steps
Buried within the correspondence from politicians seeking donations and stores celebrating Labor Day sales, I…
Choosing Kindness in a Year of Living Angrily
November 20th marks Melrose’s fifth annual Random Acts of Kindness Day. It’s a day our…
Catch and Release
I creep my minivan from the school parking lot to the exit drive, having successfully…