During my pregnancy, I complained about lost brain cells and how relieved I would be to regain them once my twins were born. The experienced mothers fell to the floor in collective hysteria.
Essays
Mothers of Invention
What are some of your favorite products and services? Do you ever stop to think about whether they’re local or come from women owned businesses?
When It’s About More than Getting In Shape
Walking back to my bike, I felt ashamed that I hadn’t been paying attention to what this ride was for, or who might benefit, other than me with my smaller, tighter butt.
Broken Speed Dial
Originally in River Oak Review.
“What’s the problem?” I ask, inspecting the over-sized numbers on the phone.
“I can’t see in my right eye,” my ninety-one year old grandmother says. “It’s just a cloud.”
“When did this happen?” I ask, placing salad bowls in front of us on her small dining table.
“A week ago maybe,” she says. “The doctor thinks he can fix it.”
I struggle to comprehend. She tells me the doctors say she may have some kind of degenerative arthritis syndrome, one that can be connected to another disease that makes you go blind.
Meant To Be
I’ve known my friend Jessa for seven years. We’re in daily contact, and she knows all the secrets of my life: my shoplifting at age 8, how I cheated on my ex, and how I’m terrified to become a mother.
Pedaling In Tandem
“Watch out for the bus!” and “Don’t you see the stop sign?” I used to scream from the back of the tandem to my boyfriend Jon in front. That was in the beginning,
Gaining Compassion Through Surgery
American Fitness 1/14.
Before I tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in my knee, I was invincible.
Training the Boulder Way
Boulder Lifestyle 7/13.
When I was single in California, I loved to ride my bike. I’d cruise along the beach, ride to meetings, or just wander.