It all began with a late summer's day conversation with my dad. We were in the barn doing some chores when I discussed with him my...

To state the obvious, I am a girl. A grown-up girl, but still a girl nonetheless. Volumes have been written on a girl’s worth and...

I was alone, driving north on the Chicago I-294 tollway, after a quick trip to Cincinnati ended in the failure to secure a cardiothoracic...

At some point, your subconscious picks up on it, and believes it. As a patient, I felt Corduroy’s unacknowledged existence intensely.

Dec, 2017: After nearly five years of a heart arrhythmia that came on suddenly during my last pregnancy, and years of attempting to treat...