essays

a sampling of published essays:

• Jeremiah’s Beach, Of Rust and Glass, April 30, 2023

• A Balancing Act, Hippocampus Magazine, Jan. 17, 2023

• The Impermanence of Happiness, HerStry, Nov. 16, 2022

• On the Cusp, The Manifest-Station, Aug. 7, 2021

• An Interview with My Pandemic Self, April 2021, BLUNTmoms, April 21, 2021

• Why Ted Lasso is Not What I Need Right Now, BLUNTmoms, Feb. 8, 2021

• Parenting in a Crisis and the Kindness of Strangers, Grown and Flown, March 13, 2020

• On a sledding hill, embracing the downward slope of life, Star Tribune, Dec. 25, 2018

• Parenting Young Adults by Cell Phone: A 26-Hour Span in October 2018, BLUNTmoms, Nov. 5, 2018

• How to Launch Your 22-Year-Old Daughter in Seven Days, Grown and Flown, Aug. 27, 2018

• Time Travelers, Writers Night: Community, page 4, June 2018

• Stepping Stones, Topology Magazine, Aug. 2, 2017

• Hoop Dreams of a Younger Sister, Topology Magazine, June 7, 2017

• Interlude, Peacock Journal, March 21, 2017

• The Art of Parental Embarrassment, Mamalode, Aug. 26, 2015

•The Life Cycle of a Swing Set, Mamalode, Aug. 14, 2015

•Women’s health: Mastectomy now or later? Star Tribune, April 3, 2015

• Life and Death in the Dressing Room, Mamalode, May 4, 2015