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I Wish You Would See Me Too
~ Original article previously published on Two Drops of Ink: A Literary Blog ~ It was a wish come true until it wasn’t. Now I’m the man they don’t…
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Dear Younger Self: a letter
I apologize it’s taken me this long to write you. I’ve read letters others have written to their younger selves and wanted to write you. But I always found…
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Why Mother’s Day Is Complicated
Mother's Day is complicated. It's always been complicated but I wasn't always aware of that truth. One year I had an epiphany and wrote about it on Facebook, back…
Independence is Not Freedom
As a granddaughter of immigrants, I was raised to appreciate the price of freedom. America’s journey to become free from the tyranny of England began with the Declaration of…
When Your Soul Hurts
It happened again. A sucker punch is what my counselor calls trauma. That’s what happens when someone dies unexpectedly—it’s a sucker punch to the soul. I’m feeling sucker-punched. My…