Telling me to forgive my dying father means erasing the years of abuse I suffered at his hands

‘A ship in the harbor is safe, but your ship is the reason I slid into your DMs.’

You should know that both his story and mine are completely true

In their eyes

Finding meaning in the spaces between

On queerness and symmetry

After losing my brother, I learned to rethink love

A simple guide for a complicated situation

If you’re like my husband, you’d spend your last year preparing everyone you love for life without you

For outsiders, it’s easy to assume we haven’t tried

How my uncle’s generosity — and love of the sea — inspired me for a lifetime

When I knew myself as straight, life seemed logical and uncomplicated

He set the course for both our lives — until I started navigating for myself

Please stop telling my client that she is unworthy

After 2 children and 45 years of marriage, I would like to appeal my C grade in ‘Marriage and the Family’

I’ve never been congratulated more for doing less

I wanted his love and support — he wanted vengeance

Ever since the accident, I mourn life before fear

How to support a grieving friend when you aren’t sure what to say

Because I don’t have a choice

There was nowhere to go but everywhere

I kept having the same dream of myself, arms outstretched, grasping — but for what?

I no longer count the minutes, the hours, that have passed since I talked to you

My desire to be the family matriarch is complicated by the fact that I’m not a mother