The past decade was shrouded in darkness, but not where you might think. Most would assume the lowest points were in hospital corridors,...

“You’re too sensitive” was a common refrain I heard growing up. It came from my parents, my teachers, and even my peers. The consensus...

Oh, the odds! For many years I played that game, with two very intense years spent in the hospital with Jacob. In that hospital room, I...

Every day, there it was: a brown paper bag on the windowsill, unmarked and untouched. To the regulars, it was known as the "emergency...

I'm sitting in the 9th-floor pediatric room in the "room of waiting" as Jacob gets chemo when suddenly, chanting pierces the air. At...

I got to check off a bucket list item. I helped an old lady with her groceries. Legit that happened. It was just like the movies. You...

I read a lot of college essays for friend’s and friends of friends’ children. So I know my way around a college essay or two. And this...

Today we leave for the burn. This marks my second time. The first time I was called to this place for the art. A lover of installation...

Oh summer. You have taught me so much. It started strange. A good strange. It was the first with no health crisis to attend to. Not even...