Dear Mrs. Cohn,
My sincere condolences on your recent death. I hope being mortal coil-less is treating you right. If it's not enlightening and delightful (in a word, heavenly), I hope post-shuffling you're finding peace and freedom.
We’ve never met but I wanted to let you know what a ...
LIFE
It was horrible, beyond horrible. The word “devastated” gets tossed around, but this time it was apt. Heartbroken, inconsolable, the sobbing was so out of control, day after day, I was prescribed Klonopin just to tame my emotions enough to get through the days in bed. My grief, the weighty ...
I feel so ashamed. It’s an unusual feeling because I don’t do things that might make me feel shame, so if do something where I maybe I should feel ashamed, I just don’t. Still, I’m anxious writing this because I’m mortified with embarrassment. But I’m told I shouldn’t feel this way, so maybe ...
It’s been 7 days, but I can’t take a shower. If I take a shower it will be the first since he’s gone. For the first time in 15 years I’ll be stepping out of the shower alone. No eager eyes looking up at me, no one, tail wagging, padding over to me so he can lick my ankles. He won’t be ...
So…why would I, a completely non-religious, post-menopausal, fairly sane woman choose to learn to read Hebrew, memorize a Torah portion, study like crazy, and shell out a lot of dough to have a Bat Mitzvah ceremony on her 60th birthday? Well, it started out, like so many things I do, with the ...
I’ve been told it’s fine to hate Trump, but don’t extend that anger towards his voters. Sure, it makes sense to be disgusted by the politicians who call January 6th a peaceful demonstration, who are suppressing voting rights and spreading deadly disinformation about vaccination, but don’t be ...
It snuck up on me, like a rainstorm in a cloudless sky. There was always the anticipation, the array of prospects and possibilities you have when packing for a trip. There’s the excitement that comes from both solid planning and those unrealistic hopes you know serendipity might bring. You ...
Life is chock full of know-it-alls, bullies, baiters, grandstanders, mansplainers, won’t-let-you-get-a-word-in-edgewisers. Whether it’s someone’s way of dominating you or the conversation, it’s disrespectful and annoying. That person isn’t listening to what you’re saying, nor are they ...
Normally, I wouldn’t have given it a second thought. Forty years ago, twenty years ago, ten years ago, five years ago, I wouldn’t have thought twice about making a quick trip to the lobby of my apartment building without wearing a bra. Being braless is more comfortable, and if it were ...
The world can be a stubbornly magical place with improbabilities around every corner. I really wish I could travel back in time and visit my hankering teenage self and tell her about one particular miracle coming her way.
A few years ago, I was working out at the gym when I spotted a man ...
In a world that valued women's lives and bodies, I wouldn't have either. My birthmother wanted to have a safe abortion and she didn't have that choice. She should have.
My biological mother's name was Doris, a 37-year-old secretary living in Washington, D.C. She had been working there for ...
I always wanted to be a pretty person, but I wasn’t. I was an ugly person. That’s the story I’ve always told myself, and always believed. My hair wasn’t right, my chest wasn’t super big, my nose wasn’t super small. I could eat a lot and not get fat, my face wasn’t ...
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