An Open Letter: To The Aunt I Once Knew.

To the aunt I once knew….

I spent, nearly, half of my life thinking and believing that you loved me. Only to find out you didn’t. You were just pretending.

Culture Shock & Depression

Culture shock is a million things. It’s an American feeling threatened by the “Bon Appetit” of a stranger in a French café. It’s a Korean confused by the rice in the salt shaker of an American college cafeteria. It’s a Mexican village kid surprised at an electric garage door that…

I’m Pregnant and Definitely NOT Glowing

The pregnancy woes that society doesn’t always talk about

Believe It or Not, Becoming Healthy is the Most Unhealthy Thing I’ve Ever Done.

Sometimes all it…

It’s Complicated: My Relationship With Social Media, Or An Odyssey In Deleting An App

Even before the story broke about Cambridge Analytica’s harvesting of Facebook users’ data, I have been trying to manage my relationship with social media. I have had Facebook for…

Piano Lessons

In the house where I grew up, in suburban New Jersey, there is a photo of my mother, her sister, and their parents, surrounding her…

Cerebral Palsy Awareness: Rolling Along Continuing to Create Change

Gun Control: Cry, Our Brave New World

What is this brave new world of ours where kids are mown down in their classrooms? Why have we already had three mass school shootings in 2018? Why is the reaction to shootings no longer one of nationwide shock, as with Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado…

Studying Abroad in Athens

Zach arrived from his study-abroad in Paris just before noon on a Thursday in mid-February. Once we got through…