I’m kinder to my husband when I write.
I’ve said this for a long time, ever since I began writing a memoir about living with Steve’s mental illness. The book, Rambler: A family pushes through the fog of mental illness, is finished;
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Family to Family: A step towards understanding
Shortly after my husband, Steve, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in the mid-1990s, I received a card from a friend. She expressed support for our family, then added: “I won’t share details about what happened to Steve.”
My friend, a nurse,
Pass the Ketchup, Please
I spent many years at the front of a classroom, first as a high school English teacher and then, after my children were born, teaching writing part-time at several community colleges.
I had the opportunity to return to the classroom as
