The Corn Vendor
I trekked down cobblestones, my plastic flip flops conforming to the shape of each rock while a hot wind bathed my sweaty skin in layers...
It Will Work
A cold wind whipped my face as I stood in the back of a pick up truck with my sister and five other women. Rural Guatemala blurred by,...
Mammograms and Rabbit Holes
I went down a rabbit hole yesterday. I suspect my husband does it all the time, because he’s always coming up with obscure tidbits you...
Let Them Eat Pancakes
I raised my hand, and suddenly, life changed. “What the hell were you thinking?” Gary said when I got home. At a meeting, during that...
Could He Be Pregnant?
I pasted a photo of my husband’s belly into an email and hit send. “That felt odd,” I said. Gary’s belly was the shape of an overripe...
What Will Happen Tomorrow
The three of us sidestepped our way through an army of timeshare salespeople to where a stranger named David stood awaiting our arrival....
He Thinks He’s in First Class
Gary basks in the luxury... of the aisle seat. No extra charge on Southwest Airlines, but you have to get lucky to sit there.
This Is Why I Love to Travel
After a push to vacate my mother-in-law’s house, we staccato-ed our way through LA traffic to Sam’s bargain parking lot, where a turbaned...
Scofflaws, Cancer Fighters, and Entrepreneurs
I tell my kid to break the rules once in a while. It’s good for her. Back in the dot-com frenzy, my husband and I started a small...
Cancer's Subtle Gifts
It started in the middle of the night when we heard unfamiliar tapping on the roof. “Rain?” my husband said, mystified. “Maybe I should...
