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Pretends Everything is Fine
A collection of personal essays about pretending things are fine when they aren’t…as a woman, an entrepreneur, a CEO, and a mom.
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This Practiced Moment
This Practiced Moment
When my parents drove me to an orchestra camp in Stowe, Vermont one early high school summer, we ate at Pizza Hut. We were arguing over…
Beth Andrix Monaghan
Aug 20, 2023
A Blacklight for Terrible Truths
A Blacklight for Terrible Truths
“Mommy, what kind of shoes do kidnappers wear?” My thirteen-year-old daughter, Izzy, just got home from school, and she’s telling me a new…
Beth Andrix Monaghan
Feb 17, 2023
Renewal After Devastation
Renewal After Devastation
Ed met me at the office to save the plants. It was a Tuesday in March after we’d gone into quarantine. A few weeks earlier, he and I had…
Beth Andrix Monaghan
Sep 14, 2021
On Not Being Joan Didion
On Not Being Joan Didion
Didion lives deep, lets herself off the hook, and never assumes she knows everything. I hoped reading her words would work like osmosis…
Beth Andrix Monaghan
Apr 21, 2021
The Strangers
The Strangers
Prior to Covid-19, I mostly thought about strangers as warnings to my children. Around the time I first began teaching my daughter Izzy to…
Beth Andrix Monaghan
Apr 9, 2021
Playing the Gift Shop Game
Playing the Gift Shop Game
To manage angry customers, I played a game with myself. No matter what they said, I wouldn’t raise my voice or appear upset.
Beth Andrix Monaghan
Mar 8, 2021
Honest Lies
Honest Lies
Today Starla J. King published the book she compiled with Ros Nelson: “Wide Awake. Every Week.” I had the honor of writing a week’s worth…
Beth Andrix Monaghan
Aug 5, 2015
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