Mm, I could smell it from across the room and my mouth watered. I was dying for a big, juicy bite. Immediately, I felt ashamed and also so confused. Was it a nice medium-rare steak hot and pink in the center? NO. It was a towel from the washer that hadn’t yet dried. I was…Continue reading Pica: When You’re Pregnant and You Want to Eat Chalk
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What is Friendship as an Adult?
I’ve written in the past about making friends but now I want to talk about keeping them. When you were a kid, did you do sleepovers at Patty’s and meet up with the whole gang at a pizza shop after school? When is the last time you did anything like that as an adult? Now,…Continue reading What is Friendship as an Adult?
A Letter to My Son As He Goes to Kindergarten
Do you see that? The ultrasound tech pointed to something on the screen. “What? It’s a girl?” I asked, so used to hearing those words. I thought I saw something but I’d been wrong before so I didn’t want to assume anything. “No,” she told me, “Look right there.” Slowly, she typed it. B-O-Y. The…Continue reading A Letter to My Son As He Goes to Kindergarten