The Humor Side

4 minutes What began as a private joke between a father and his children has become a public referendum on

3 – 4 minutes My reality shattered on an ordinary Tuesday afternoon while grocery shopping with my five year old

12 – 15 minutes Part 2: The Cold Calculations of Morning The next morning, at exactly 5:00 a.m., I sat

9 – 11 minutes I went no-contact with my parents for two years after they sided with my sister in

3 – 4 minutes For three years, my husband’s mother Gene went out of her way to make my seven

5 – 7 minutes I sat quietly in my window seat on Flight 402 as the heavy aircraft cruised smoothly

35 – 45 minutes The heavy gold fountain pen felt alien in my grip. When the nib finally lifted from

12 – 15 minutes Nobody tells you how loud a hospital room can feel when everyone inside it is trying

7 – 8 minutes Seventy-two years sounds like something borrowed from another life. Too long, too full, too stitched together

4 – 5 minutes Mia came rushing across the gravel parking lot before I had even turned off the car.