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A house full of echoes

Hurry up. Finish work. The kids will be asking what’s for dinner. The wheel is turning So run faster. Except… no. It’s just echoes now. Do we have pens/loose leaf/band-aids/socks? Where is my sweater/login/baby picture/hug? I hate you. Can you give me a ride? Come closer. You don’t understand So let me show you everything. […]

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Dark have been my dreams of late

Full disclosure: this phrase is kicking around my head lately because my son made one request for his birthday celebration: that we watch one of the Lord of the Rings movies with him. There I was, trying to figure out how elves intersect with orcs, and one character, a king, uttered, “Dark have been my […]

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The unluckies

It is said that mothers shouldn’t play favorites, not even cat mothers. If that’s the case, I am probably a bad mother. And, well, maybe something of a crazy cat lady. When it became apparent, in my late thirties, that my marriage was going to fall apart, I had a curious reaction. (Well, I had […]

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I am me

The other day, I was flummoxed by this suggestion: describe yourself not in relationship to anyone else, or to what you do. I thought. Hmm. The first descriptors that came to mind were out: Mother. Daughter. Girlfriend. Sister. Friend. Then the other, obvious one: Writer. That’s what I do, but is it who I am? […]

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Fraunces Tavern and Patriot Dates

These have been a tough few weeks for me. Heck, things haven’t felt right since 2015, when the carnival atmosphere of the election kicked into gear and got progressively, excruciatingly darker as the days and months wore on. These days, I watch The Handmaid’s Tale as something akin more to speculative documentary than fictional drama. […]

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The good days

It is an impossibly, heartbreakingly, stunningly gorgeous day. I am called to words as the devoted are called to song. In worship. In awe. Renewed, and made whole again by a thick blue sky, a crisp, bright air, and everywhere birdsong. There are days when humanity looms ugly and gray, the evil deeds, the dark […]

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Writers for Families Belong Together

If you’re a regular reader, you may know I’ve been despairing about everything the migrant crisis at our border means: childhood trauma with lifelong consequences, pain, and a callousness in our nation that leaves me winded and sad. So, there’s not much any one of us can do, but together we can do a lot. […]

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When is it time?

When I was a kid and first exposed to Anne Frank’s diary, my first glimpse into the horrors of the Holocaust, everything seemed really cut and dried. Of course Miep and the others would work to hide the Franks and their friends. Of course Anne’s dad knew when it was time to go into hiding. […]

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Speech at #FamiliesBelongTogether

I have been grappling with with what I could do about the situation at the border, beyond calling and donating and crying. I’ve been trying to turn my sadness and frustration into action. That’s why I was so grateful to be invited to speak at my local #FamiliesBelongTogether march. Knowing I was part of an […]

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Borders of the Heart” Write-up in NorthJersey.com

NorthJersey.com, part of the USA Today network, wrote up a piece about the “Borders of the Heart” event this past Wednesday. Great info about some of the other writers who read. Click here.

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