Mourning in the Time of COVID-19
By Angelique Tung — The truth is, I don’t want to fly to California to watch my mother choking on her own
May 11, 2020
Corona 3-24-20
By Leni Gross Young — And the beat goes on. Or we are beaten. So hard to know. Daily lives go on, yet “go”
May 10, 2020
Today I Am Me
By Terri Lee — Today I am a mom trying to find a small window of quiet to sip a drink of tea, check an email, and
May 9, 2020
Delight in Learning New Things
By Miss Amanda — I delighted in learning new things. How to poach an egg. How to identify trees by their
May 8, 2020
Just Like You Taught Me, Mom
By Jackie Jones — I watch my children fall deeper into a depression I cannot reach into. They disappear into their
May 7, 2020
Meeting My 14 Year Old Self
By Lilibeth Tapia — I'm not ready to meet my 14-year-old self. But if I could go back in time to meet her, to see her, I
May 6, 2020
Who Peed in Her Cornflakes?
By Marisa Porter — I’m grouchy, I’m touchy, I’m ignorant, I’m selfish, I’m tired, I’m disinterested in showing
May 5, 2020
Focus on Infinite Good
By Leah Bleiberg — As a proud etymology enthusiast, why did it take me 14 years to look up the origin of the
May 3, 2020
I Want To Be
By Laura Davis — I want to be a person who plants my feet in the earth and looks up at the sky, the trees, the
May 2, 2020
Nature Does Not Fight Fair
By Robert Tosi — The cracks in our society have become rifts, the rifts have become chasms and the chasms,
May 1, 2020
Didn’t you know?
By Alberta Sequeira — Didn’t you know the signs or did you ignore them? Did you put love over reality facing you?
Apr 29, 2020
Becoming a Children's TV Host
By Alex Vaillancourt — During the COVID-19 global pandemic, I realized my dream of becoming a
Apr 27, 2020
I Am Molting
By Julie Johnson McVeigh — I am shedding the layers of myself that no longer serve me during this time. Here I
Apr 26, 2020
Passover Alone
By Ellen Bluth — It was shortly after Purim when we realized the Corona/Covid 19 virus had reached us in what
Apr 25, 2020
She Decides to Write the Story
By Susan Storm — She woke up and cried — She didn’t want to be alone — The family was upstairs. She
Apr 24, 2020
It Cracked Me Open
By Jennifer M. MacDonald — But I Don’t love you. I don’t love you like THAT he said. Plunder my heart. Down.
Apr 23, 2020