Tommy is my youngest. He's a marine deployed in Afghanistan. My boy is brave and strong and smart. He's also a complete softie. His heart overflows with compassion. He sent me an email a few months back asking me to help him collect toys for the … [Read more...]

Pauline lost the last drop of her eyesight in August. Glaucoma had been eating it up for years while she diligently fed her eyes Cambigan and Roklatan, medicine to stabilize her pressure and prolong the inevitable blindness. “Well, Ma, it’s time … [Read more...]

Sherry is a queer girl. Not queer in the way the word is used today - reflecting one’s sexual preference. She isn’t queer in the 1960’s schoolyard description of the unpopular kid. Sherry is queer because she is odd. Unconventional. Not like the … [Read more...]

Sweetie was at the end of her rope. Her nerves were frayed; she was depressed and despondent. There was no end in sight. She dropped to her knees. Her watery eyes were now dripping endless tears. "Please, God, help me. I can't go on. My burdens … [Read more...]

My Mami was never my hero. And I wasn’t hers either. As long as I can remember, we had a relationship where we merely tolerated each other. January 1, 2020 A new year. I’m thirty years old, and I still live in my childhood bedroom, under Mami’s … [Read more...]

I never saw an angel before, and I wasn’t certain they even existed outside of the Bible, in a greeting card, or as a gift store tchotchke. And then, one day, I met Oswald. I prepare the dead for burial. It’s a blessing straight out of the Good … [Read more...]