As soon as I knew you were coming I bought clothes for us and packed the cupboards with food and went for walks every night. I took down a closet door to create a room for you in our tiny apartment. I began scrubbing the walls of my soul. I wanted your home to be [...]
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Anna: Letters to an unborn daughter
Posted on Apr 23 , 2003 in Articles
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Fallen Beauty
Posted on Mar 20 , 2003 in Fumbles and Foibles
In college I had a rigidly enforced personal policy. When nature forced me to use campus bathrooms with their lurid florescent lighting, I averted my eyes from the mirrors. Glimpsing my pale, blemished reflection was to be avoided at all costs. Now and then, I’d sneak past some brave soul primping inches from one of [...]
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One Vain Bird
Posted on Nov 18 , 2002 in Articles
Twelve years ago, Christmas morning, my parents presented my brothers and I with a challenge before our gift. They set a jar of dill pickles on the coffee table and said, “If you can guess what you’re getting, we’ll give you $100. These pickles are your only clue.” We stared at the pickles, dumbfounded. After [...]
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Controversial Group Recruiting on Campus
Posted on Mar 18 , 1999 in Articles
University of Portland Beacon, March 18, 1999 Most of the students on [the University of Portland] campus slept while two women sat in the Mehling lounge with bright early morning light on their faces. Cherie Rainwater, a UP freshman, looked at the woman sitting on the couch kitty-corner to her and asked, “Who is in [...]
