Why "Writing to Survive"?
Writing
and surviving
When I started writing again, I was struggling with my relatively new role as a stay-at-home mom. This is a job that is completely fulfilling for some. It was . . . read more.
When I started writing again, I was struggling with my relatively new role as a stay-at-home mom. This is a job that is completely fulfilling for some. It was . . . read more.
The
original story
It used to be a big secret, something I shared with only my closest friends, often via a tear-sodden, drunken confession. It was the story of me, pregnant at fifteen and then barely sixteen, living in an unheated . . . read more.
It used to be a big secret, something I shared with only my closest friends, often via a tear-sodden, drunken confession. It was the story of me, pregnant at fifteen and then barely sixteen, living in an unheated . . . read more.
But
is it true?
Sometimes, even when I’m telling the truth, I lie. The little details – the television show blaring from my grandfather’s headphones, the color of the walls, the phrase my stepmother used on the phone? Mostly made up. I create these details . . . read more.
Sometimes, even when I’m telling the truth, I lie. The little details – the television show blaring from my grandfather’s headphones, the color of the walls, the phrase my stepmother used on the phone? Mostly made up. I create these details . . . read more.