Dear Patti Jo, Thank you for being my cousin, for being the loving, kind, beautifully gentle soul you are. You've been such a gif...

Eleven years ago today, May 15, my dad disappeared. It was a Friday, like today. Other years the anniversary has fallen on other days....

Put on your jeans, they said. It'll keep you honest, they said. Honestly, I need to be able to breathe when I sit down. It's n...

Clearly I just needed to have a big tantrum and feel sorry for myself and get a lot of the mad out. I have it much, much easier than so...

I am not doing well today. Today I have yelled at both children. I have stomped upstairs twice like an angry kid. I have thought hateful t...