Lettie’s Story: Even though I had been offered a partnership in my law firm, I was considering other job possibilities as if I were a person surveying a chess board for the smartest move. Surely the large ad in the Washington Post for a job paying over $125,000...
Kate’s Story: When I was in my late teens, I was diagnosed with a rare condition called a venous malformation behind my right eye. My condition resulted in chronic pain and swelling. Though non-cancerous, venous malformations grow over time, ballooning...
Heidi’s Story: Three months after the birth of my first child, a healthy baby girl, I realized with surprise that another baby was forming inside of me. Fear, shock and confusion rushed for top billing in my mind. Though shock won at first, in a few...
Amelia’s* Story: I checked Caitlyn’s* algebra test with the teacher’s book. Every answer was correct. Odd. “Where’s your work to show for all the problems?” I asked. “I did it,” she said. “It’s all in my notebook.” Her eyes darted across the dining...
Sydney’s Story: “Happy—smile. Sad—frown. Use the corresponding face with the corresponding emotion!” urges Meg Ryan’s character in the 1995 movie French Kiss. Though this iconic scene endeared Meg Ryan to me forever, it always left me wondering, What about when...
Hannah’s Story: Two weeks after returning from my honeymoon, my husband confessed his continued use of pornography even in marriage. In an instant, my world turned upside down. Our newlywed bliss screeched to a halt. Instead of savoring those early months...
