Escape Routes

On those rare nights that we stay in hotels, Mom drills us on getting out in case of an emergency.

Pictura Journal 

Behold

I agreed to sit for the portrait because Picasso was your favorite.

Bethlehem Writers Group Roundtable

Intends to Comply

 I was supposed to bring their father but, instead, I brought fried chicken.

Welter

Out of Season

 

Your older sister is the amusement park at the end of the boardwalk, the one that’s been in the mayor’s family for a century and looks it...

Fractured Lit

A criminal conviction doesn't make an immigrant the 'worst of the worst'

In 2022, my husband, Rob, and I adopted three sisters from foster care. Shortly before the youngest was born in 2016, their father, Kelvin, was incarcerated for armed robbery.

 Los Angeles Times