Ten Years, the Hero’s Journey

Movies, plays, novels, and even memoirs, follow a plot structure known as the “hero’s journey.” There are seventeen steps divided … Continue reading Ten Years, the Hero’s Journey

Four Years after Midnight

Early in the morning, four years ago today, my mother took her last silent breath while I sat nearby, writing … Continue reading Four Years after Midnight

Kind of makes me want to burst into song: “I have a brand new pair of roller skates, you have … Continue reading I Have a Brand New Website!

Three-year-old Adrian is curled in a ball at my stomach, as if returning to the womb. Five-year-old Elliot is on … Continue reading Camp Gigi: Extreme Grandparenting

As I stand in the window this Thanksgiving morning and watch the sky change minute by minute, tears slide down … Continue reading Gratitude and Grief

She’s been gone six months and eleven days. It seems like forever. It feels like she was never here, that … Continue reading All Souls’ Day: Remembering My Mother

“Do you ever just miss her so much?” my sister asked earlier this week. Surprisingly I do. Then I come … Continue reading Daughter Off Duty: Finding Mama

Her obsession, and it could only be called that, with writing about her mother’s life both flummoxed and exasperated my … Continue reading Daughter Off Duty: Still Learning

Dateline: July 17, 2018 I can’t tell you what Kendall Katwalk looks like, because after some 17 miles of a … Continue reading Just Another (mis)Adventure Log: Kendall Katwalk