Breaking in to find myself

November 3, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

Christmas had arrived quiet and gray in 1987. The grandfather clock chimed a reminder that lunchtime was near. My mother cooked the turkey in a pillow case, hoping it would taste as good as it smelled, for once. It didn’t. “But what are you going to do with a Bachelor of Music. What will you […]

When a Conversation With a Homeless Man Saved My Life

August 20, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

Everyone else was asleep when I drove away from home that morning. I begged through weary tears, “Please, God, just take me. I’m no good to them, to anyone.” No child should be raised by someone like me, I thought. No husband should have to deal with my neediness and negativity. They will be better […]