SELECTED WRitingS

My essays explore grief, reinvention, sobriety, dating after widowhood, family, and the often funny ways life refuses to follow the script. Here are a few of my favorite published pieces.

• The New York Times – Modern Love (2017) — Try the Pastrami, Stay for the Polyamory
  A first date, an unlikely deli stop, and the surprise of opening myself to love again.

• HuffPost Personal (2023) — When My Partner of 32 Years Died, I Thought My Life Was Over. Here’s How I Overcame My Grief.
  How widowhood reshaped my life—and what finally helped me move forward.

• Next Avenue (2021) — Dating Lessons from a Midlife Widow
  The unexpected wisdom I gained by dating again after loss.

• Next Avenue (2023) — To Create a New Life, I Had to Evict My Late Husband
  The emotional challenge of letting go of a home filled with memories.

• Woman’s Day (2016) — My Husband Was My Best Friend. Now I Don’t Know How to Live Without Him.
  Living through the loneliness of losing a longtime partner.

• Woman’s Day (2016) — How I Explored My Sexuality as a Widow
  Rediscovering intimacy after decades of marriage.

• Reader’s Digest — What Not to Say to a Widow
  The well-meaning comments that often miss the mark.

• Modern Loss — My Father Was My Grief Mentor
  How my father’s perspective changed the way I understood loss.

• Eat Darling Eat (2024) — Missing Chocolate Mousse
  A bittersweet recipe for love, memory, and losing my mother at ten.