Episode 23: On Having a Baby and Vaginal Phobias

“Honey, I think I’m in labor,” I said, as I rolled over in bed, and gave him a good shake.

“You’re not in labor,” he replied, and waved his limp arm at me like I was a pesky mosquito honing in on its prey. “What time is…

Episode 22: Boys Will Be Boys

“I have some awesome news,” Robby said as he stopped by my cube to pick me up for lunch.

“Good, what’s up?” I slipped my shoes back onto my swollen feet, grabbed my bag and we waddled out to the car.

Episode 10: World Travels

I’ve always been envious of well-traveled people. I imagined them to be part of this special club that I wasn’t invited to because as a kid my parents were always broke and as an adult I’d always been broke. I had this friend growing up whose Dad had a travel agency. While they…

Playing House Badly

I once lived on a short dead end street in Morgantown, West Virginia, in a dilapidated house that had been occupied previously by a family who owned numerous ferrets. That family was evicted for failure to pay the rent. When I arrived on the first of the month with my boxes and suitcases, they…

I watched a man following a woman into a store once. He was trying to talk to her, she ignored him. So he started cursing at her.

I had my child with me so I was already “hyped with the protect” thing moms often have. I told my son to hold my hand on the side of my body opposite the man. I walked into the store, determined…