July 4th is Independence Day here in the United States. It is also Israeli Girl's birthday. My husband's relationship with Israeli Girl was his bottom: it was what finally caused him to admit his sexual behavior was out of control, that he was an addict. I began calling her Israeli Girl contemptuously: while not technically [...]
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My Beautiful Kids (Not Pictured!)
My husband is black, I'm white, our kids are biracial. Before they were born, I used wonder what they would look like and whether anyone would recognize me as their mama. I once had a dream that my son was born looking like Gabe Kaplan (of Welcome Back, Kotter) complete with the mustache: my baby [...]
Delicious Dreams
When I have dreams, they tend to involve darkened skies and houses from my youth. I often dream I'm in my grandmother's house, the house where she locked herself away, suffering from undiagnosed depression, afraid to ever go out. My uncle, a photographer, once took a picture of a plant in the front window: tangled [...]
