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  • On Parenting a Transgender Child

    On Parenting a Transgender Child February 4, 2024 The original intention for this blog was to present brief snapshots of my life that I thought would help others who might be experiencing similar issues. Parenting my child has been a journey that I never expected, and I knew when I decided to become a mom…

  • My Truman Show, Vol. III

    My Truman Show, Vol. III August 2023  “Mom I’m going to tell you something and I need you not to freak the fuck out.” Cold rush of panic punches hard in my gut and chest.   We’re driving through the woods, leaving the camp that my (now adult) child has been at for the past five…

  • What Goes Around…

    What Goes Around… February 2010 Rage. I am feeling intense, roiling, nauseating rage but I can not show it. If I show an ounce of emotion I will be labelled a hysterical mom and no one will take me seriously.   “Yeah, things are fine. It doesn’t really affect our lives at all.“ Rage.  My husband…

  • My Truman Show

    My Truman Show November 2020 Bad mammogram. One of the scariest phrases I know. My maternal grandmother, who I look like so much it’s uncanny, had breast cancer. I have always assumed that because we are so alike genetically, it is a foregone conclusion that I will get it one day.I’d had a follow up…