On the Safe Spaces that Others Can Give You

What my grandmother taught me about dying awake

I was glad I could be with her during her most difficult challenge

A lesson about joy

She whipped around holding the turkey. Her eyes were massive blue saucers, glistening with mania and rage and desperation, and I think…

A brief history of the Christmas tree and the art of navigating family relationships. Because Christmas is for emotions, right?

“Some things with people you can’t change.”

Her Final Act of Self-care

Rearranging the furniture and the mood

How the memories of my non-biological grandad taught me to embrace a blended family

Harry Potter, pancakes, and the journey to becoming a blended family

Fact-checking the stories that define who we are

My mom, my kid, and the twelve-foot skeleton from Home Depot

Discovering the sweetness of life outside the kitchen

My insane subway adventure during Thanksgiving, 1976

I’m not shocked that I sent a fake letter to Ann Landers and Dear Abby — what surprised me is that one of them printed it, especially…

Between a Woman and a Man

We didn’t consider it could be mental illness

Letting Go of Expectations and Learning to Ask for Help

Some people hold on and keep their memories close. Others let go, move forward, and find new meaning.

And her struggle of eating in public as a fat person

We don’t talk about grief properly. And it’s only when I turned the camera on that I started to understand why.

Sometimes, to love is to let go.

I Don’t Know If He Read It Before He Passed to The Other Side