Some of the best things in my life arrived by happenstance—unplanned, unscripted, often disguised as the worst thing that ever happened to me. This is where I write about all of it: starting over, raising two boys, building something from the ground up.
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This Was the Most Un-Summer Summer
This was the most un-summer summer I think I have ever had.
And honestly, you couldn’t really design a weirder beginning to a summer if you tried.
The summer started with our mom getting amnesia.
Yes. You heard me correctly.
Our mom got...
I Paid an Etsy Witch to Manifest My True Love
I haven't had sex in seven years, so I thought it was time to call in professional help.
I paid an Etsy witch named Nonna to manifest my true love.
There’s No Such Thing as Half a Sister
For the first ten years of my life, I assumed I would always have two siblings.
Actually, I didn’t even really assume it. I didn’t think about it at all.
My parents were married. I had a little sister and a little brother. I was the oldes...
I Thought the Stranger Was the Baby
It will never not be strange to look at photos from the day my first child was born and know that I had absolutely no idea who the man standing beside me would become.
My oldest son turns thirteen this week.
Thirteen.
He wasn’t even supp...
You Don’t Actually Know Who You’re Marrying
I am going to say something that is probably a little horrifying to hear.
You do not actually know who you are marrying.
I know.
Very romantic.
But I think we need to say it.
Because we have built an enormous cultural mythology ar...
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CEO and co-founder of Fresh Starts Registry; credited by NY Mag with "destigmatizing divorce." Writer, podcaster, and author of Divorce Happens (Sheldon Press, 2027). Divorce is not a failure. It's a fresh start. Your big sister of divorce.
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