Jan 24SterileSometimes, in the deepest, quietest parts of the night, as the black sky turns opaque and loneliness abounds, I find my hands creeping up...
Nov 14, 2022Failure to ThriveThe impact that childhood sexual assault has on a young, growing child is catastrophic and immeasurable. I can attest to that. But with...
Nov 6, 2022Heart in PiecesIf you were to ask me to list my talents, drawing wouldn’t even make it on there. Don’t get me wrong, I can easily draw you a picture...
Oct 22, 2022The Irony of AnorexiaI started writing the following piece many years ago, as a teenager completely ensnared in the claws of anorexia. Back then, I was so...
Feb 1, 2022It’s Time To Tell My Story(This essay was initially published in The Layers Project Magazine, a phenomenal online magazine that celebrates the voices of Jewish...
Dec 26, 2021The Shame of a Secret or The Secret of Shame This is the story of a secret so excruciating, so overwhelming in its magnitude that all you want to do is let it go. Each day you dream...
Nov 2, 2021I Tell YouI tell you I hurt all over and you inform me that the pain is all in my head Okay, I think, Maybe it’s my anxiety that’s causing me to...
Oct 14, 2021It Could Happen To You: How I Become Addicted to PainkillersThe following essay was originally published in The Layers Project Magazine. In my world, drugs were a shrouded secret, spoken about in...