Live with your parents after age 18 in the US? Complete loss of all street cred. Shack up with your parents at the ages of 26, 43 or 67 in Spain? A cultural given. Being raised in the US meant expectations of college at 18 and finding a job which would provide financial independence at […]
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How I Almost e-F’d My Whole Life
I loved him the moment I saw the lead singer of the Malaysian cover band on his shoulders. The scene kind of looked like this. Uncle Chang, the namesake of the island hotel I was staying in, had arrived a few hours prior. Upon seeing Uncle Chang standing at the prow of his Malaysian water […]
How to Fall in Love
A healthy dose of relationship dysfunction in my mid-twenties would seem sufficient motivation to improve my boyfriend selection skills going forward. However, it was around the age of 28 I made a decision to be in a relationship which would prove to be the most profoundly ugly one of all. That decision would ultimately involve […]
Is Being PC F’ing Us All?
My lovely friend Lane was one mom in a two-mom household. Her story of dual-mommying was one, in my opinion, that needed to be told. When Lane not only agreed to chat with me but was excited about the opportunity to share her and her wife’s story; we went about the same process I do […]
An Open Letter to Anyone Who Has Ever Said, If You are Going to Live in this Country Learn to Speak the Language
Background: New Year’s Eve 2009 I step off a Malaysian water taxi at Uncle Chang’s Backpacker Lodge to meet that David. A year and a half later we would be married and me and the two bags Delta airlines would allow me were headed to his pueblo muy pequeño, 30 minutes north of Barcelona. My […]
A Year Ago Today Was My Dad’s Last Day of Life….
A year ago today was the last full day of my dad’s life. When he woke up that morning he had no idea this day would be his last. My dad did not die from a long-term or terminal illness. He died in a terrible accident – while on vacation. This picture of me was […]
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