I was a junior in High School. He was the tallest senior, and tallest person I’d ever seen. At 6’7 he was 14 inches taller than me. We had never spoken so he surprised me when he walked up and said, “Can I sign your yearbook?” I didn’t have a…

Some time ago I visited my best friends in Portland, OR. Week of, they called to remind me to bring my onesie for a bar crawl. — Now you may have noticed that this became a thing across cities and small towns. If not, to fill you in, it is exactly what is sounds like: Grown-ups wear onesies and prance about. …

Me? I’ve been a spice seller, school supply peddler, art apparel sales woman, tutor, ice cream scooper, barista, carnie, hostess, waitress, assistant, manager, mediator and director (in that order). I’ve noticed that things I can’t make up seem to happen all-the-time. These are my stories. — — — — It’s…

Please, just say “No” to the terms Work Wife and Work Husband. I have been in a happily committed relationship for many moons. I love my partner. I put up with his persistence at being methodical and organized and he adores my ability to disassemble a room at a glance…

~Elizabeth, years before having me. Introduction: When I was 15 my mom ended her life on purpose. She did not die quickly. I had a disjointed relationship with my mother because of her relationship with drugs. Sometimes, I called her by her full name, Elizabeth, allowing her to be someone…

Art Credit: Tim FitzGerald, @decelorator Me? I’ve been a spice seller, school supply peddler, art apparel sales woman, tutor, ice cream scooper, carnie, barista, hostess, waitress, assistant, manager and director (in that order). I’ve noticed that things I can’t make up seem to happen all-the-time. These are my stories. —…

Art Credit: Tim FitzGerald, @decelorator Another Time I Wasn’t Arrested Apparently, when you are both 5th year college seniors and you just broke up with your girlfriend in the house we all lived in, it leads to accepting party invitations in a part of town you don’t usually visit. And when this party invite somehow came from a student in…

Art Credit: Tim FitzGerald, @decelorator A Relationship Through Balance When we started dating, he knew the best place to get a $4 burrito. They had a vegetarian burrito that wasn’t weird vegetables that do not belong in a burrito. It was magic. When he visited me I made frozen salmon, frozen broccoli and instant…

The song, “Angel Flying to Close to the Ground,” was released the year I was born. I remember hearing it when I was four, choreographing my first dance when my dad’s girlfriend played the album and song on repeat. …