I was raised a journalist, where the story you suffered for yesterday is birdcage liner tomorrow. That might be why having my work accepted in a literary periodical or included in an anthology is so satisfying. Besides, they look fantastic on a bookshelf together.
The MacGuffin
Essay: Taking Alice to Church
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered Woman
Essay: Unintentional Lessons
Ascent Aspirations Magazine
Essay: Lockdown
Chicken Soup for the Soul: It’s Christmas
Essay: The Christmas Kidnapping
Ray’s Road Review
Essay: Molars and Mortality
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Mom Knows Best
Essay: Making Peace with Grandma
Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Very Good, Very Bad Dog
Essay: The Price of Protection
Mount Hope Magazine
Fiction: Those Who Trespass
Flash Fiction Magazine
Fiction: Die My Hair
Bonnie Jo Campbell, Ginny Donahue & me.
Epiphany Magazine
Essay: Security Blanket
Monkey Star Press: Mom for the Holidays
Essay: Micromanaging the Christmas Spirit
The Broken Plate
Essay: King of the One-Word Answer
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from my Cat
Essay: Changing Places
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inspiration for Teachers
Essay: The Learning Curve of a Sub
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Spirit of Canada
Essay: A Poppy for Remembrance
Telling Our Stories Press: Reflections
Essay: My Daughter’s Exoskeleton
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Navigating Eldercare & Dementia
Essay: The 103-Year-Old Man with a Plan
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Joy of Less
Essay: Why I Gave my Smartphone a Lobotomy
The Cheshire Library Blog: The Day I Forgot My Phone
Two Hawks Quarterly
Essay: Winter’s Melt
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Joy of Christmas
Essay: Confessions of a Holiday Hoarder
Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Hilarious, Heroic, Human Dog
Essay: COVID Comfort
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Spirit of America
Essay: The 9/11 Connection