
What (Not) to Say to People with Chronic Conditions
“But isn’t there something you can take?” If you have a chronic condition like me, this question camps out on your … Continue reading What (Not) to Say to People with Chronic Conditions
“But isn’t there something you can take?” If you have a chronic condition like me, this question camps out on your … Continue reading What (Not) to Say to People with Chronic Conditions
The dandelion. A weed, everyone says, but it’s always been one of my favorite flowers. That lion’s mane of yellow … Continue reading Resilience: The Last of the Human Freedoms
“Really?” My friend, A., asked. We’ve known each other 20 years, but she’d been away for the last ten. “Really.” … Continue reading My First Bar Tab at 32
One week in Laurels, the Sunday School class for 16 to 17-year-old Mormon girls, my teacher passed out pairs of knitted white baby … Continue reading Mormon Feminista
“You remember the time I tried to kill you?” My brother asks, “Which one?” “The one in the backyard with … Continue reading The Wiffle Bat
So I’m walking down my street with a full grocery bag when a guy pulls up to me in his … Continue reading So a Random Guy Pulls up and Asks If I Want a Ride
I imagine my mother at my age. A little older. Maybe 36. It’s all she has left, she tells herself. … Continue reading All in the Family
Grandpa Ellis didn’t talk about the time he spent riding the rails. He didn’t talk much at all. He’d come … Continue reading Circa 1939