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Stories & essays
True essays on long-married love, on dating in your forties, on the small renegotiations that keep two people choosing each other.
6 essays
Stories
After dinner, kitchen light
The Tuesday We Stopped Pretending
Twelve years in, a lukewarm cup of coffee, and a sentence that rearranged the furniture of our marriage.
Essays
Hands, blue hour
On Loving a Person Who Sleeps in a Different Time Zone
A love letter to long-distance, the 4am text, and the strange intimacy of asynchronous tenderness.
Diary
A handwritten letter
I Sent My Husband a Love Note Through the Mail (To Our Address)
An experiment in reintroducing slowness, postage, and the small dignity of a stamped envelope.
Essays
Two glasses, soft light
How We Renegotiated the Friday Night
After kids, the date night collapsed. Then we stopped trying to revive it and built something new.
Stories
Peonies, late afternoon
The Stranger I Married Twice
We eloped at 23 and renewed our vows at 47. Both times we had no idea what we were doing.
Diary
Spring afternoon, window
A Single Woman's Field Guide to Dating in Spring
The pollen is brutal. The men are nervous. The cherry blossoms do not care if you swipe.