Writing

“My mom died on Mother’s Day weekend. It’s a painful anniversary, but I’ve found a special way to honor her.” (Business Insider)

“On My Hands, Navigating Motherhood, Pain and Grief” is in the Caring Hands issue of Handstand Press magazine.

My essay “Guiding My Sons Through The Cycle of Life and Death” is part of the anthology “The Future of Us.” (Moms Who Write)

“Why We Kept Our Sons In Masks At School” (Newsweek)

“The Flash Drive” tells the story of my learning after my mom’s death that four years of her meditation classes had been recorded. (The Keepthings)

“I Never Went To The Bathroom Alone — And Ended Up In The Hospital” (Scary Mommy)

“I Won’t Let My White Sons Forget George Floyd” (Scary Mommy)

“I Quit Nagging in the Mornings, and It Changed Everything” (Scary Mommy)

In 20 years of journalism, these were my two hardest articles to write:

Susan May Neufeld, 1951-2018 (New Haven Register)

Selma Fishkind, 'Bubbi' to all (Waterbury Republican-American and Westport News)

“A Promise to Renew,” my series on a Newark school’s attempted turnaround, won first-place awards from the Education Writers Association three years in a row. (The Hechinger Report, in collaboration with NJ Spotlight and WNYC Public Radio)

“The Earliest Intervention” was an article that had a lasting impact on my life. It inspired me to read the same book to my children daily through both my pregnancies and many years after. (The Atlantic and The Hechinger Report)