I have been teaching college students for a little over two years. Without fail, I have at least one student per semester who breaks down crying, one who drops out of college completely, and several who fail their courses. I could be cynical about these facts. I could blame the “snowflake” mentality that the parents…
When my husband came out to me I had already known for a while. The past year had been filled with lies—about where he had been, what he was doing, who he was with. I could tell that he had been lying, but I could not yet detect the truth. And then I read an article about a woman who found out her husband was gay late…
After I had successfully wrangled and sedated (with milk and bedtime stories) my toddler last night, I plopped myself on the couch. Generally, once the little one is in bed, I try to unwind by eating all of the junk food I can’t eat in front of her and watching all of the television I can’t watch in front of her. It’s…
I had my first miscarriage on Christmas Eve. Three days before I had heard the words “no longer viable” during an ultrasound. It had been my second scan in as many weeks. I was ten weeks pregnant.
