You’ve screwed up at work. What do you do? 1. Hide it. 2. Lose sleep. 3. Worry constantly about being found out. 4. Think up a plausible excuse in case someone rats you out. 5. Avoid blame at all costs. 6. Tell your supervisor what you did and offer to make it right. Anyone circle […]
It’s just a drink — it doesn’t mean anything I get off the A-train at 86th and Central Park West and climb the steps to the street. It’s three blocks to the address on a piece of paper I’m holding in my hand. My breath is coming fast. I try to quiet the butterflies with […]
On my way into the gym for my weekly swim, I watched as a local school bus pulled up to the drop-off and pick-up spot, where parents can leave their kids to play until their school bus comes to ferry them to nearby schools. The gym doors opened and a crowd of children burst through […]
What feels like the end of everything is always followed by an ordinary day. Not long ago, I reached a turning point in a major writing project to which I’d given my heart and soul — a memoir about the stillbirth of my first child. I stumbled across a photo of the obstetrician who had […]