Bound & Broken
I am blessed. I am healthy. I have a magnificent child. I have a loving, faithful husband who cherishes me. I am well-employed. Why do I...
KGB Bar Lit Reading
Excerpt from The Flametenders, Act 1 Chapter Five Stay of Execution Late Maius, 770 BC #writershotel #TheFlametenders...
Save Sense 8
Why Oh Why were you cancelled Sense 8? Is no one picking you up? There is so much story left to tell! What gives #Netflix? #Sense8...
Blooming Where You Are Planted
There is nothing like being catapulted out life as you know it and into a not new but vaguely familiar environment. That is what happened...
My Reading at the KGB Bar
Friday June 3rd. The alarm clock goes off on this all-important day and the song on the radio is Natalie Merchant’s “Thank You”. I...
Just Add Windows
Corporate jargon trends. In the 90’s it was all about “World Class” this or that. In the early days of the new millennium, everyone was...
The Welcomed Outcast
Maybe some people feel okay about being an outcast. I'm not one of them. Since we moved off of Long Island, I have struggled to find my...
Our Adoption Story Part 4 Birth Day
7am...ring ring...I know what this is. I look over at my cell and its Mary's number. "Oh My God" I think. I answer and it’s Jake. He...
Our Adoption Journey Part 3
Jake worked all day on Friday so we didn't get to spend any time but we picked Mary up early afternoon and went to lunch at a Vietnamese...
Our Adoption Journey Part 1
****To Honor my daughter's 5th Birthday, I thought it was a good time to revisit our adoption story. It's not all of it, of course, but...