My family and I were new to our community. The church we’d been attending was having their annual Christmas cantata and I was single-parenting our three...
I used to fear the doorbell. I was afraid of someone stopping by to find me and my house in shambles. Dirty laundry strewn outside the...
By the time I reached my 18th birthday, I’d lived in six states. All across the country. Including Alaska. And Ohio. Talk about a nomadic upbringing....
I was stuck. Trapped. A marooned whale flat on my back. "Bed rest," the doctor insisted. All because my body had gone into pre-term labor trying...
Nicole and I have been best friends since birth. Literally. We were born one month and three days apart. Our mothers are sisters, so as cousins,...