

Tied Up in a Bow
Currently, and at all times, I carry around a scrap of paper that has jotted on it everything I need to do before my family shows up...


Concealer
I met Sam in a Sociology course when I was a junior in college. It was immediately clear he was older than me, but I never knew by how...


The Latchkey Kid
I had set my alarm for six in the morning. Jim was still away on business so I needed to be up, showered and ready before the kids so I...


Fixer Downer
I experienced a very dark time after the birth of my first child. Post partum depression sunk me like a rock in water, and for months I...


The People in the Room
When I was offered my current job, two and a half years ago, I was told the challenges that awaited me. I was there, on the branch campus...


The Fairy Garden
My mother asked to keep Lowery overnight so she could make a fairy garden with her. While I didn’t know what a fairy garden was, it...


Humorous Duet
Life with our first born—before we had our second child—was like having front row seats to a monologue. A very dramatic, and very long,...


Memory Foam
Last week my husband and I upgraded our nearly decade old, lumpy, queen-size, pillow-top mattress—which sat atop a metal frame that came...


May/December
ACT I Light opens on a dimly lit restaurant. A couple sits at a small table for two, center stage. They are surrounded by several other...


Back to School
August 19, 2016 Dear Lowery, You are starting kindergarten this Monday. And I'm feeling only one emotion about it: excitement. For the...