Hoping to Blend
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“Before You Say Yes to Being a Stepmother”
To any woman just starting out as a stepmother: do this with your whole heart, and with no real expectations.…
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“My Instincts Struck Gold. I Still Wanted Her.”
When he asked to file for the children, said he wanted them to come live with us, I was caught…
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“I Called It Hope. It Was Delusion I Chose.”
I smile now, thinking back, because there were specks of good moments in there too. Just the thought of calling…
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“Is Mankind Really Capable of Love?”
I sit here sometimes wondering: who loves the hardest? Or better — are we, mankind, really capable of love at…
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“Small Doses of Cyanide”
Everything was fed to me in small doses — like cyanide. Never enough at once to call it what it…
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“Waiting for Something to Unlock in You”
I kept trying. I kept letting you back in, hoping that some moment, some way, somehow, something would finally unlock…
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“What Enough Actually Means”
Enough means exactly that — enough.Enough of carrying the inner suffering for the whole team while everyone else goes on…
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“I Drive Past What I Built”
Coming home to an empty house feels like a well-needed solace from the mediocre marriage I was living. I do…
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“What My Mother Knew Before I Did”
Something in me went distant after my mother died. Disconnected, in a way I can’t fully explain.Part of me, I…