Category: Essays
For the pieces that didn’t fit anywhere else, from my conversion story (coming soon) to what happens when you give a mom a marshmallow (written several years ago but still applicable).
Books I’ve Read
I’m not sure if teenagers fall in love with books anymore, unless they are weird. The thirteen year old girls who are self-proclaimed Shakespeare...
John Cusack and The Situation
It’s been months since the election and I keep hearing the same weird phrase on TV and at public events, and at work...
Dear Safeway
Dear Safeway We’ve been together for years, and I want you to know I treasure our time together. I treasure it because it represents...
If (for girls)
If you can do what others don’t do, and not do what they do, and be confident that you did what’s best for you;...
Darn Phone
I have teenagers. And I have discovered that when people wince and say “I have teenagers,” their voices full of resignation and bewilderment and...
Job Hunting
Someone has to get married or die for me to make money, and it is not working out. I have spent the last fifteen...
Fifth Harmony
Sometimes I have The Today Show on while I unload and reload the dishwasher in the morning, and in this way I stay abreast...