Living Single
Living the single life: single parent, single mom, just plain single.
What nobody tells you about being single in your 40s -- the freedom is real, the loneliness is also real, and the dating landscape is a special kind of hellscape that deserves its own category. Essays on solo living, social dynamics, the particular exhaustion of swiping, and learning to be your own person after years of defining yourself in relation to someone else.Be Still My Traitorous Heart
A classmate walked into my office and my brain stopped functioning entirely. I'm a grown ass woman. He's just a dude. My limbic system apparently did not get the memo.
For Once Let Me Lose Myself…
I walked out of my marriage but I'm still trapped inside it. I found a man exactly like my father. One day I will be free.
Challenge Accepted
One month out of my marriage, surrounded by moving boxes, I fell into a decluttering rabbit hole and gave myself three days to fix everything. Classic.
Happy Divorce!
One year divorced and I'm not nearly as traumatized as I expected. Turns out getting busy living is a better strategy than crying into your pillow. Happy divorce to me.
Year of the Charley Horse
What does an involuntary spasm have to do with my motivation levels for resolutions in the new year? Sometimes more than I think.
