Life

Caring For Parents Who Didn’t Care For Me

How do I navigate my resentment over caring for parents who didn’t give me what I…

Stop Telling Us To Count Our Blessings

Gratitude can help us through tough times, no doubt. But the…

I Had A COVID-19 Scare

That moment when you fear that someone you love has COVID-19

Ten Mostly-Irreverent, Gen X-Centric Holiday Tunes for the Bleak, Cynical and Disaffected

Facing My Parents’ Mortality

How to go from “my parents are healthy and indestructible” to facing…

Is College Really Necessary?

I have an advanced degree, and I’m doubtful.

Just Put On the Reading Glasses, Already!

You know you can’t see sh*t, so stop being stubborn

Twirl Those Tassels!

What six weeks of burlesque classes taught me about life, body image, and eating…

Remembering How to Live

By pondering what they will — or won’t — say about me when I die

Welcome to the Land of the Forgotten

Mid-Life Musings from Gen X