Portfolio
Exploration of my inner life is most precious to me. I have kept a journal for decades and always have some sort of notebook with me. I record my dreams. The pieces below—even the clinical papers—grew out of fragmented ideas, or from a word or two written on a scrap of paper or the palm of my hand. My award-winning website, The Writer's [Inner] Journey, continues the exploration of depth, creativity and meaning.
Creative Nonfiction
Too Young To Have A Mother That Old, Los Angeles Times
We Didn't Need The Past—Or So I Thought, Newsweek
The One Who Got Away, Psychology Today
Inside the Ward, JAMA
Torn Apart, Tiny Lights
My Own Person, Santa Monica Review
My Hair As A Metaphor, Lilith
She Turns Cold Rejection Into Hot Blog, Orange County Register
Thanksgiving Perfection, Culinate
My Body Remembers What I Don't, The Manifest Station
My Mother and Her Rings Were Both Diamonds In The Rough, Purple Clover
The Writer's Inner Journey, The Writer's Inner Journey
Maybe I Was The One Who Was Scared, Citric Acid
Six Words, Citric Acid
Fiction
Nine Ways Of Looking At Adoption, Literary Mama
Patrice, Flash Fiction Online
Smokestack, Sweatpants & Coffee
Anthologies
Original Bra, Dancing At The Shame Prom
Formidable Tante Esthère, The Book of Aunts
Research and Reported Essays
I face a known risk from cancer and an undetermined risk from the scan used to detect it. Which is worse?, The Washington Post
When A Parent Dies, Brides
Grieving The Loss Of A Baby In The Womb, Social Work Today
The Heavy Toll Of Serial Returning, Social Work Today
Elements of Shame Sensitivity, Social Work Today