I guess I need to tell you WHY I didn’t want physical therapy in the first place, when it was pretty obvious I needed it. Go back to the frozen lower back. I lifted a full box of copier paper. And then my right side started to hurt. And kept…

I haven’t posted in a while because I have been busy, busy, busy! Not only do I teach at a college but I am also Chair-elect of Faculty Council (which represents Faculty) and I had to step in as Interim Chair while the Chair was out on maternity leave. …

On my way back from physical therapy yesterday I happened upon an interview with Wajahat Ali about his new book (Wajahat Ali’s ‘Go Back To Where You Came From’). At one point he talks about how he came home as a child and asked his mom if he could be…

I like the idea of writing to your younger self. I wish that I could go back to my high school self and say to that insecure and boy crazy girl that life will get better. You are not ugly and while it’s good you have a good brain, you…

So I moved from an urban place to a rural place. From North to South. I was an alien in this new land. It wasn’t hell, but I could see it from there. A place, where your name is supplanted by your husband’s name. Instead of “Miss Mary” you become…

Let’s talk about practice spouses. You know, the ones that don’t work out and then there’s a divorce. Right after I married my first husband, as we were packing to leave, my dad leaned over and said: If this doesn’t work out it will be your fault. Seriously? You’re young…