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Opposites Attract: What It’s Like to Have Anxiety Disorder When Your Partner Doesn’t

April 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

Here it comes again. Roiling up inside of me, sometimes untriggered, sometimes in response to things like another horrible mass shooting. Anxiety. Crushing my chest and [...]

Why Are We Still Shaming Single Women?

March 27, 2019 // 2 Comments

This article began with a phone call. A friend called to lament about a friend who experienced a crisis of faith because no matter how beautiful, accomplished, and kind she [...]

Parenting From a United Front

February 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

She was so excited! I could practically hear her little heart beating out of her chest. I curled her hair and put on some tinted lip gloss. I knew these memories would be [...]

What We Love | Empowering Compliments for Girls

January 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

“A major task of parenting is communicating your values to children. Don’t let an avoidable linguistic habit send an unintentional message that how little girls look is [...]

True Stories | Chosen Family: International Adoption

November 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

At the end of our thirties and after seven years of marriage with two heartbreaking miscarriages along the way, my husband and I had reluctantly settled into the acceptance [...]

Personal Essays | Caregiver First, Elizabeth Second

November 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

2009, early high school. If you had asked 15-year-old Elizabeth to describe herself with three terms, “caregiver” would have been first. Before student, before sister, [...]

The Queen of Break-Up Travel

September 23, 2018 // 2 Comments

The November rain fell in succulent drops on the ancient, cobblestone streets. I stuck my tongue out to capture a raindrop. But then I remembered I was in Paris. [...]

I Have a Secret

August 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

I met her at a party and the connection was instant. I’m an introvert so parties usually stress me out and I don’t go. But this one was a 15-minute walk from my house at [...]

Personal Essays | Finding Grace

August 21, 2018 // 2 Comments

Previously published on www.saturdaymorningcoffee.blog It was a typical Thursday morning, but the gloomy clouds and drizzling rain poetically accompanied a nagging sadness [...]

What You’ll Remember

July 31, 2018 // 0 Comments

Previously published on The Next Good Thing. Over the past several years, my mom’s dementia has been slowly progressing. While her mind has been fading, her body has [...]