It’s autumn 2013.  I’m at the doctor’s for my annual physical and predictably he hones in on my weight.  A sixth of my body has melted away.  “Stress,” I tell him. Not a problem easily solved by a general practitioner.  “Sleep?” he asks. I admit I struggle. This … Read the rest

I keep my eyes fixed on the road while my girls watch videos on the iPad in the backseat. The three of us are headed north to New Hampshire to visit their new cousin.

If left to her own devices the older one would silently play Minecraft the entire trip.  … Read the rest

I hear clocks ticking.  Tick. Tick. Tick. Tock.

The woman sitting in the padded chair across the room stares at me, pondering her next words …

Tick. Tick. Tick.

“Well … ”

She’s my third therapist in as many years. Sometimes I laugh at how life twists in unexpected … Read the rest