Life With Interest·Sep 13, 2019On 14 Years in the Bay AreaIt was August 2005. Apparently Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” was playing nonstop on the radio, but I wouldn’t have noticed. I had…
Life With Interest·Sep 5, 2019It has been 13 months since I produced a human…When I look at my 13 month old, I realize how fast life is going to go from here on out. Time no longer makes sense. Just moments ago, it…
Life With Interest·Jun 30, 2019On loss andMy father knew it all, or so he’d leave you to believe. His answers to any question never began with “I’m not sure” — his opinions were…
Life With Interest·Jun 30, 2019A Thousand Million PeopleWe are oil and vinegar, “you,” and I, you — the many, the people floating around my acidic psyche, the world filled with those who, like…
Life With Interest·May 22, 2019Nine Months In: Life as a Working MomIt’s impossible to prepare for what life will be like once you have children, and it’s equally impossible to know and plan for exactly how…
Life With Interest·Feb 5, 2019BeginningsI’ve buried that girl I clung to with these aged hands. Six months ago I buried that girl, down she went with your pale flesh, in that…
Life With Interest·Jan 15, 20195 Months and Some Odd Days Into MotherhoodIt’s been a while since I’ve written anything (well, not for work), since I’m back at work, and when I’m not working I’m either doing my…
Life With Interest·Nov 24, 2018So this is 35.When the clock strikes midnight and you turn from 34 to 35, you’re long past the years when birthdays inspire any sort of excitement…
Life With Interest·Nov 5, 2018itis short, fleeting, meaningless and yet filled with meaning — the years march on, our loved ones lost, new smiles born, unaware of life’s…
Life With Interest·Oct 25, 2018“M” is for “MotherToday walking to my moms-adjusting-to-the-world-of-being-moms-poorly-but-no-doubt-entertainingly group at Kaiser (*not its official name)…