The year my oldest son, Chase, began his senior year ofhigh school was one of the most challenging times of my life. I could barely pay the rent, and the water and electricity were often shut off. My job teaching private Pilates didn’t pay enough for me to stay in the expensive neighborhood where I...
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I HAD THREE MOTHERS
I didn’t realize the sacrifices my mother’s friends made to help raise me until I had my own children. Throughout my childhood, it felt like I had several mothers. My mom left early every morning to catch the commuter train from our home on Long Island to her job in New York City. After a...
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THE SUMMER I FOUND HAPPINESS
THE SUMMER I FOUND HAPPINESS Over the past year, I have fallen in love with life again, feeling the unadulterated joy I had lost in childhood. Happy is a generic word that encompasses so much. We all want and deserve happiness, but how do we reach our destination? This past year, I learned that...
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Finn
A Dog Rescue Story I waited a year before thinking about adopting another dog. It was twelve months of healing the loss of a rescue who helped me through some of the most challenging years of my life. Luna was the dog my ex-husband said I couldn’t have, but I adopted her anyway, probably knowing...
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