Heart

You Don’t Have to Forgive an Abusive Parent On Their Deathbed

Telling me to forgive my dying father…

Proverbs Updated for Modern Dating

‘A ship in the harbor is safe, but your ship is the reason I slid…

When You Realize What (Else) You Are

In their eyes

A Study in Gaps

Finding meaning in the spaces between

GAP, noun \’gap\ :

What Love Means After My Brother’s Suicide

After losing my brother, I learned to rethink love

How to Date Me (and My Dead Husband)

A simple guide for a complicated situation

How Would You Handle a Death Sentence?

If you’re like my husband, you’d spend your last year preparing…

The Peculiar Loneliness of Parenting an Atypical Child

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

When You Teach a Boy to Fish

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

Straight Was Math, Queer Is Art

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