The Gift
"They are infinitely grateful to have been given such a gift. And all the parties coexist in the world happily, because some dared to ask, and some dared say yes. [...]
Prayer for Eighty Candles
"Who needs a cake with eighty-candles -- waxy-stiff and tilted like gravestones? I'm just too old for a party. I attend funerals now..." Published in the Summer 2010 edition of [...]
Three Day Wind
"She must even have hoped to some day be at such a place.... But she permits herself ambivalence; to feel both at home here, and, that she is better than [...]
The Fire Next Door
"Laura is sure she had heard the exhale of a groan tonight; the faint whisper of 'please...leave me alone,' escaping through the walls. The words resonated, like..." DOWNLOAD THE PDF [...]
Families Are Funny
"She loves you already, silly," Sarah says as she smooths over Lily’s hair and scoots her daughter out the front door, blanket trailing behind her. "Oh, Lily! Where is the [...]