It was my mom’s birthday this past week. She’s been gone for 15 years, and yet, somehow, certain dates still have a way of making the distance between then and now feel a little less convincing. I still miss her. There are certain moments when I miss her […]
What’s one thing you own that holds deep sentimental value? I have a lot of stuff around my house. Knickknacks, little treasures, souvenirs, books, shot glasses from around the world, gifts people have given me, photographs of people I love, and things that probably look completely random to […]
I love to travel. In fact, I’m pretty much always looking for somewhere new to go. A new country, a new city, a different culture, a different plate of food, a new place to wander around and inevitably walk 15,000 steps because apparently sightseeing is an endurance sport. […]
If you had to sum up your life philosophy in one sentence, what would it be? My life philosophy has always been pretty simple: Just do it. I’ll survive. Why not go for it? What’s the worst that can happen? But this past week, I developed a new […]
Apparently a woman went on a blind date and brought 23 family members with her. Twenty-three. At that point, it’s not a blind date. It’s a family reunion with one unsuspecting donor. The bill was $3,100. The man declined to pay and, honestly, I have questions but mostly […]
What’s something you do completely differently from how you were raised? I’ve been thinking about passion. What are we actually passionate about? A career? A person? A hobby? A cause? And then I started thinking about something else. What have I done that is completely different from how […]
My baby turned 18 today. Eighteen. And apparently, the universe has decided that the appropriate way to celebrate this milestone is to send me emails informing me that I no longer automatically have access to his medical records, his lab results, or his medical chart. Thank you, universe. […]
I recently read that a surprising number of Gen Zers have had a parent attend a job interview with them. The number I saw was 20%, which is still enough to make me stop and wonder whether mom is coming to the interview? I have to admit, this […]
I’m still deleting emails. It hasn’t gotten old yet. This quiet excavation of a life lived in subject lines and timestamps. Somewhere between “no longer relevant” and “why did I save this,” I keep brushing up against memory. Not the dramatic kind. The soft, ambient kind that hums […]
This Fourth of July, I celebrated freedom the old-fashioned way: by accidentally achieving it. Not metaphorical freedom. Not “out of office but secretly checking Slack every 11 minutes” freedom. I mean full-blown, Founding Fathers would weep, unreachable freedom. I went on a family trip. I saw relatives I […]
