

Graphic Novels are Graphic No's
I have an unofficial rule that students should not read graphic novels in my class. Graphic Novels are a genre that (in my opinion) is...


Southwest Flight 1532.
I flipped through the final book, fanning all the pages of A Severe Mercy, scared of what I'd find. Back and forth, back and forth, I...


Unfinished.
My dad used to say he couldn't keep up with me. As soon as I'd get a job or declare a major or make any career goal, I'd change it by the...


Very Respectfully, An Alone Military Spouse.
Tyler found my pregnancy test in the trashcan was the first incoherent, Klonopin-induced thought I wrote while I waited for a knight in...


I Hope My Ex Reads This.
I was a serial dater with a chronic condition called rebounding. I was self-diagnosed around 13 years old but it was steadily managed...


I'm Doing Better Than You.
I’ve lived alone in a drinking town with a sailing problem for 15 months. My mornings start when I want them to, with whomever I want (or...


Only Men Can Have That.
Happy Women's History Month. Normally my writing wheel makes a hard left at topics like these, but I've been thinking and I want to...


My Circle Stopped Clapping For Me
A few nights ago I was driving back to Lancaster. I had Mate asleep in my passenger seat and a half-eaten Chinese take-out meal on my...


Don't Be A Military Girlfriend.
I turned T down for a first date about 50 weeks ago - it took some convincing. We were both seniors in college except he was a different...


13 Going On 30.
I haven't published a blog since May - I was scared. For the past five months I've shied away from anything that could be tinder to even...






















