Some samples of my creative writing.
ESSAYS
Dad and his girlfriend Diana shared many things as their relationship became more serious: a house in Levittown, her two teenage boys, Dad’s bank accounts.
The box arrived months after my birthday, tattered and misshapen.
Everybody has a tooth story. It was only when I had a tooth story of my own did I realize this.
I’m in Mrs. Landman’s 5th grade class and she asks us to take out Health: Focus on You. I’m covered in spots and dots from the top of my forehead down to my big feet.
She said it so casually at first. “Mom, me and Ellie joke that Mr. Dan has a crush on us,” Harley said. She giggled. “He tells us that.”
How Wrestling is Saving My Marriage
“I’m going to wrestle you so hard right now,” my husband Craig says to me.
I Throw Shade on Other People’s Children Like My Mama Did
I got called out for my first fight when I was in 7th grade.
I'll be the first to admit: Our love hasn't always been a Billy Joel song.
SHORT STORIES
You’ll Never Believe What This Woman Did in a Bagel Shop
The giant inflatable Mets mascot looked like somebody had taken a bat to its baseball head.
The cards started after Brooke died in June.
Stacy. Girl is fine fine.
It was Father’s Day and Maeve was in Friendly’s.
Becky stood in the entrance of Chuck E. Cheese's and waited for the parents who were fed up or didn’t give a shit.