The week we moved into our new, sparsely-furnished rental house in London, I realized I needed something of my own to make the place feel like we lived there. Without something of us, it looked as if we’d embarked on Rent-a-Life rather than rent a home. Our dishes, clothes, and a few poorly chosen ... Read More about How to Gather a Life
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Finding Our True North: Asking the Right Questions to Keep Us Headed in the Right Direction
One of the wonderful by-products of a MFA program in creative writing is the stack of books I'm required to purchase and read regularly. My husband casts a dubious glance every time another package shows up in the mailbox, and I chirp happily, "It's for school, hon! Required reading!" It's the best. ... Read More about Finding Our True North: Asking the Right Questions to Keep Us Headed in the Right Direction
On Leaving Well and the Courage to Stay
My husband left his job with the company that's fed us and clothed us and provided everything we needed for the last seven years. He has a new job near the City, in a new to him industry, one that will bring all sorts of challenges for that big brain of his. But first, a shed. Between the old ... Read More about On Leaving Well and the Courage to Stay
Losing a Friend and Finding Her Again
We were inseparable from the beginning. We slept at each other's houses and traded our deepest, darkest, thirteen-year-old secrets. We baked cookies and hid from her brothers and whispered late into the night when the house fell asleep. From the attic we watched movies I wasn't allowed to watch at ... Read More about Losing a Friend and Finding Her Again
A Trip Down Memory Lane
A few weeks ago, a friend and I who live a state apart, decided to meet each other halfway for a day. It turns out that halfway landed us in my former backyard, where my husband and I grew up in Pennsylvania. While I drive home often to visit family, I rarely have the chance to get out and about on ... Read More about A Trip Down Memory Lane