We met at University. He had a ponytail. I took the piss out of that ponytail mercilessly. We were studying English so would spend hours in the local pub discussing what Faulkner was trying to say in As I Lay Dying, how Toni Morrison wrote so magically, or what Joyce would have been like had read more
Parents are often burdened by internalized expectations surrounding attachment. Cultural pressures seep into our pores, clogging our hearts/minds with a million different ideas of how we “should” raise our children. Egging women on to embody unattainable perfection from head to toe, cultural read more
Earlier this year, I sat down and wrote a letter to my future child. I am not expecting a child any time soon but this presumptuous and arguably crazy activity taught me much about love and hope. Dearest daughter, I write this letter with the intention of giving it to you on your 16th birthday. read more
The best thing my parents ever did (apart from have me, of course) was split up. I don’t remember much about the 7 years before my dad had an affair with a family friend, but I remember how our house felt – despite being a safe, comfortable family home, there was an underlying sense of read more
It was just after Thanksgiving, 2001 when my Dad said goodbye to me in Austin and headed home for California in his Honda Accord. I didn’t know it then, but his journey home would turn out to be a perilous one, and it was all because of me and my, shall we say “issues.” He read more
In honor of Father’s Day, I wanted to share the beautiful words my pal Gwyneth Paltrow shared about her dad and the profound impact his life and his death had on her. This was aired on the first episode of The Conversation. Do you have a story about your dad that your want to share read more
