With great power comes great responsibility. I’ve been writing this in my head for over a week but the words are struggling to get out. I’m finding it difficult even now. I was asked to make a decision determining whether my mom lived or died. And I was expected to make it quickly. And I Read more

Anyone who knows me knows that the phrase “right place, right time” is not one that plays a big part in my life. I’m more of an “if it weren’t for bad luck, that girl would have no luck at all.” I was thinking about that and have developed a theory. I think I am Read more

Because of the enormous pain I am carrying around from my last relationship, I seem to be focusing on what is going wrong with my life. And there’s plenty to focus on there, for sure. But there is also the other end of the spectrum. The one that houses things that we don’t pay attention Read more

When my mom moved in with us, we brought her piano here. It is the same piano that sat in our house for forty years or so. The first time my finger touched the keys, it was those keys. It’s the piano that I learned on and failed to practice on. This is the piano Read more