“If I ever become a real artist I’ll make a series of sketches called Sad People. All kinds of people - age, ethnicity, culture - will be represented with the common denominator being a sadness that jumps out at you. Then I’ll have a gallery and people will come…it’ll be like a sad room…a place … Continue reading The Sadness Effect
Category: All the Feels
Instead
I don't know what is churning, twisting and pulling inside me. I don't know why I feel a NEED. I don't know how to name it, claim it...own it. I don't know where to turn to release it. But I know that I don't want whatever it is. Because it makes me feel not good … Continue reading Instead
Heartbreaker
"IMMA!!! My lev (heart) is hurting! Imma'le! My feelings!" She runs up the stairs, away from her best friend who had just ripped her heart apart. I race up after her. She is curled outside our door, tears streaming down her face from her swollen eyes. My brave little girl looks up at me. Her … Continue reading Heartbreaker
That’s Me In The Corner
I clutch the bar of the stroller and rock it back and forth, even though the baby is scampering about the room. The movement keeps my shaking hands hidden from view. I feel the tension in my shoulders and neck. The room begins to go out of focus. There is a roar in my ear. … Continue reading That’s Me In The Corner
Losing Words
I reach over to feel the cup. The coffee has cooled down enough for Tzila to drink. "Would you like your coffee now?" She nods and opens her mouth slightly. I lift the cup to her lips carefully. A bit spills over her mouth and onto her apron. I give her a napkin. Her hands … Continue reading Losing Words
Colloquially Speaking 