That Time We Fell Out of Touch, Forever.

It has been 18 years since I last saw you, laid out stiffly in your coffin. It wasn’t you – you curled up, you fidgeted, you made big gestures, you drove me crazy with your constant shifting . You weren’t physically still. That’s how I knew for sure that you were gone. Your body was […]

Yesterday, My Friend Created a Venmo to Support My Legal Fund

My friend has long stayed away from online currency accounts. The few times I needed to send $$ to her, I sent it to her son’s PayPal. So I was quite surprised to get her note that she had successfully set up a Venmo account and sent me $20. Sure enough, there it was with […]

And we go riding, riding in your car or learning how to Uber

For the past 16 months, I have been unable to ride in a vehicle driven by a stranger – especially in the back seat. This is a trauma reaction to the time I was put in handcuffs, put in the backseat of a police car, fastened, and taken away from my home under the pretext […]

How Lucky Am I To Have This 50 Year Friendship?

Let me tell you about my friend, Amy L. We grew up together in West Mifflin, kept in touch over the years. She landed in Upstate NY where she raised her two kids, now adults. She worked in the retail grocery world for like 20 years before pivoting to a civil service exam at age […]