By Brandy Black Growing up my mother encouraged open conversations in our house. We talked about anything from periods, to sex, to drugs to suicide. She felt that as long as she knew what I was thinking about and what concerned me that she could help me make better decisions along the way. I think […]
By Dana To read the first part in this series, click here. For there to be a second chance at love, sometimes there also has to be some trouble. The trouble in our case was me. For one, I was already in a romantic relationship. I couldn’t just break up with my girlfriend because of […]
By Dana Missy, my wife, and I met in college. We happened to be in the same dorm a few doors down from each other. This was back in the day when dorms did not have air-conditioning or highly organized and structured meet and greet events. We ran into each other at the mailboxes. For […]
By Evie Peck When I was about 29, my best friend from high school, Tia, set me up on a date with Bradley, a guy from her husband’s work. Tia was obsessed (as only a best friend can be) with the fact that I wasn’t close to finding a husband and starting a family. She […]
I think I’ve talked about this before. Its always on my mind. Dating. I don’t even know where to start with it. Even sitting down to write this I have many long pauses between sentences and thoughts. I should probably start with I never was a big dater, even in high school. I remember clearly […]
By Evie Peck Lois When I was 29, I dated a guy named Louis for a few months. I liked him. He was nice and cute and sexy and had a real job (he was a lawyer, not an artist). We saw each other about once or twice a week. He wasn’t my […]
By: Wendy Rhein Scene: 40-ish mother and 6-year-old son, lugging trash out of a nondescript apartment building’s back door. Son with Transformers backpack slung over one shoulder, looking up at the sky instead of at the potential but as of yet unrealized oncoming cars that his mother is always yelling about as he walks into […]
