The photo frame on my nightstand is face down. I can’t bear to look at it. It’s a picture of Lily at her high school graduation, wearing the cap and …
Title: The DNA Veto: A Story About Raising a Child for Fifteen Years, Only to Be Erased Because I Didn’t Share Her Blood Type Read MoreThe photo frame on my nightstand is face down. I can’t bear to look at it. It’s a picture of Lily at her high school graduation, wearing the cap and …
Title: The DNA Veto: A Story About Raising a Child for Fifteen Years, Only to Be Erased Because I Didn’t Share Her Blood Type Read MoreThe smell of bleach is what I remember most about those years. It was the scent of my second job, the one I went to after my 9-to-5 shift ended. …
Title: The Poverty Pantomime: A Story About Working Two Jobs to Feed a Husband Who Was Secretly a Rich Man Waiting for His Cue to Leave Read MoreI packed his bag with love. I included his favorite books, a journal, and a note telling him I believed in him. “I just need time, Sarah,” he had said, …
Title: The Solitary Confinement Trap: A Story About the “Space” I Gave Him to Heal, Which He Used to Hide Every Dollar We Owned Read MoreThe cheap laminate of our first kitchen table used to stain my elbows while I cut coupons. I remember the sound of the scissors—snip, snip, snip—slicing fifty cents off a …
Title: The ROI of a Wife: A Story About Ironing Shirts and Clipping Coupons for a Man Who Treated Our Marriage Like a Penny Stock He Couldn’t Wait to Dump Read MoreWe didn’t have a “power couple” beginning. We had a studio apartment with a radiator that clanked and a diet consisting mostly of pasta and hope. I believed in him …
Title: The Starter Wife: A Story About Eating Ramen so He Could Wear Armani, and the Day He Decided My Thrift Store Values Didn’t Match His Boardroom Ambitions Read MoreI helped him pick out his tie. It was a deep blue silk, the one I gave him for his birthday. He was nervous about seeing everyone again. I kissed …
Title: The Runner-Up Prize: A Story About the Man Who Loved Me for 18 Years, Until He Found Out His First Choice Was Finally Available Read MoreWe called it “The Surrender.” It happened on a Friday night, over a bottle of wine we had been too afraid to drink for years because of “egg quality.” We …
Title: The Broken Vessel: A Story About Surviving a Decade of Infertility Battles, Only to Be Traded in for a Woman Who worked on the First Try Read MoreThe prayer rug was soft under my knees, but the words were still foreign on my tongue. I recited them anyway. I did it for him. My father hadn’t spoken …
Title: The Sponsorship Deal: A Story About Changing My God and My Country for a Man Who Just Needed a Signature Read MoreThe IV drip was my constant companion. The steady drip, drip, drip was the soundtrack to my new life. When the doctor first said the words, Mark held my hand. …
Title: The Positive Vibes Prescription: A Story About the Husband Who Served Me Divorce Papers in the Oncology Ward Because My Cancer Was Ruining His Brunch Aesthetic Read More