Oh, I trust that life will torture you back. I cling to that truth with a madness. In fact, look right here. Do you see what I’ve done? I’ve laid out the history. I had to, to heal.The timeline still wobbles but the rest of it’s real. Look, dad. Look here. Remember this one?When you…

I wake up, these days,around half past nine. Zombie walk the dogsin a bedhead and mismatchedshoes. I don’t brush my hair And I don’t care about my neighboursthat much, or at least their opinions.So I don’t brush my hair unlessI have to present myself. JJ comes home around six, so Istart getting ready by five.…

A Firsthand Account of Childhood Abuse

In a wooden cabin perched over the waters of a Quebec lake this summer, my friend and I lounged on an old couch while she tuned her guitar. We were there for the weekend, friendship newly minted, having only met each other the night before. In a desperate attempt to have a social life in…

May you live in interesting times. I first heard this phrase on an episode of White Collar. “A good mystery makes life interesting,” Neil says. “You know the Chinese curse,” Mozzie quips. “May you live in interesting times.” “Well you know, that’s the first of two curses,” Neil replies. “What’s the other one?” “May you…