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When I Stopped Changing to Please Him

Every once in a while, Dad texts me… Gin, “Just the Way You Are” came on the radio. Always think of you. Love you! In 1977, Billy Joel’s breakout hit “Just the Way You Are” appealed to my thirteen-year-old naive romantic self. ‘Isn’t it…

Divorce is Normal

After four years and 158 days of separation, my attorney’s office sent this anti-climactic and business-like email: “We received a certified copy of the Judgment of Divorce from the Westchester County Clerk today.”             The news…

Can I Have a Do Over?

“Georgia, I swear I’ve never seen such a smile.” I hadn’t heard Boz Scaggs in years and suddenly all I could see was my younger self, with a whole future of unlimited possibilities available to her. It was a moment in time when anything…

The Love Bomb

“If you are going to call him, do it from a position of strength,” advised my single brother, after the man I was dating unceremoniously put our short-term relationship on “pause.” I wasn’t exactly sure what “pause” meant, but I felt a…

Riding to the Other Side

I inhale and downshift and give myself a silent high five as I climb the final hill back to my apartment. When I left the house this morning for my hour long bike ride, the lump of tension was lodged, like it is daily, somewhere in my…