Real Life

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Tale of a Dress

I was searching for my missing gown, and found something worth much more

Vacancies

Wednesday, September 04, 2019

Vacancies: Chapter 6

What did Laya of the $300 shoes need that commission for?

LifeTakes

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Teacher in the Middle

I steal a look at the girls. They’re writing, writing. What about me? I taught them this, the words they’re stringing together so fast and sure

LifeTakes

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Sparks

We chat of summer plans, jobs, dreams, and hopes. And who we are. I find myself defending something I never thought so much about

Windows

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

I’ll Be Back

Each week, there’s a new mix of guests at the table. People her neighbor finds in shul, people who have nowhere else to go

LifeTakes

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Packaged with Love

“He’s much more okay than you remember. He’s changed.” She says this because I look skeptical. Duvi, that skinny boy, that branded child?

LifeTakes

Thursday, December 20, 2018

From the Dephts

LifeTakes

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

From the Depths

I resisted. I was haunted by the world that was. A world that had burnt, frozen, starved to death, or fled to distant shores

Family Tempo

Monday, September 17, 2018

Up, Up, and Away

It was her background, he didn’t want to get involved with a girl from a broken home. An only child, whose single mom might need her after her marriage

LifeTakes

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Last Day

They are trusting, these girls, baring vulnerabilities, some in front of the group, some just on paper

LifeTakes

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

One Red Flower

We got busy with summer and vacation plans and sometime when we weren’t looking the red plant grew. It crept along the wall, hugging the fence