To Women of a Middling AgeLast week, amid much fanfare — fanfare that I actively encouraged and participated in, I turned 40.Mar 2, 2024A response icon2Mar 2, 2024A response icon2
On Roads and Journeys and the Necessity of StarsOn the evening of July 6th I attempted to capture a moment. Had I been 17 and not 38, lithe and youthful rather than cumbersome and…Aug 15, 2022Aug 15, 2022
Snoop is 50. I’m 38. F*ck.As a Millennial, I am well trained to look for fault in damn near everything. It’s a self preservation mechanism that a generation of…Feb 15, 2022Feb 15, 2022
It’s a simple grief.On Thursday, my grandfather died.Mar 29, 2021A response icon2Mar 29, 2021A response icon2
I want to remember.As a writer people are constantly praising me for the amazing job I must be doing writing things down.Sep 4, 2019A response icon2Sep 4, 2019A response icon2
My kid is a brat.Since the time my child was about two — which is when, for me, actual parenting started to happen — I’ve said the same thing. If the…Aug 26, 2019A response icon2Aug 26, 2019A response icon2
Published inHuman PartsA Letter to My HusbandSometimes we stop communicating because we have too much to saySep 5, 2017A response icon60Sep 5, 2017A response icon60
How to Kill Your MotherI recently had to explain to my mother that dying, specifically dying when you want to, was a lot more complicated than having me (her…May 22, 2017A response icon3May 22, 2017A response icon3
Notes from the UndergroundI’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll say it again many, many times, but we don’t spend nearly enough time telling people about the…Apr 10, 2017A response icon3Apr 10, 2017A response icon3
Parenting is a Poo SmearI cannot be clearer than this: three year olds are the worst.Mar 22, 2017A response icon6Mar 22, 2017A response icon6