For Yom Kippur, a tale of forgiveness and an apology… of sorts During my sixteenth year working in an executive position at a medical school, a new chancellor was hired and became my new boss. He seemed to take an instant dislike to me, going to great lengths to correct, humiliate, or make an example […]
How can we access the inner fortitude that can carry us through darkness? On the streets of New York, it’s raining babies. Infants and children are everywhere — in strollers, carriages, front carriers, back carriers. The ache under my ribs, that familiar, grasping feeling, urges me toward the babies I pass on the street. Or, […]
It was summertime. Loud talk and laughter floated through our apartment’s open windows and down to the street. Guests continued to arrive for hours — neighbors and old friends, my husband’s coworkers and their mates, all the people we liked best. When the door opened and a beautifully dressed Hispanic couple stood there smiling, holding […]
I was four years old when I told my first deliberate lie. My best friend was a boy my age who lived next door named Billy Matthews. Billy was the first boy to show me his private parts, offering it as a bonus when he went to relieve himself in the weeds behind their garage. […]