The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: marriage

  • Will You Marry Me?

    Marriage and I have a fragile relationship at best. At 19 I was told by someone I was in love with that I was “not the kind you marry.” That was cruel enough, but what was worse is that he would not elaborate, and that gave me infinite ways to interpret that statement. In fact,…

  • A Work in Progress

    Whether it’s childbirth, terrible twos, adolescence and puberty, going off to college, marriage, midlife crisis, divorce, job change, relocation, illness, death or some twisted combination of any of the above, transitions are going to happen in your life, and they’re usually stressful. In actual fact, midway through a transition, life generally sucks. I know because…

  • The Weight of Words

    A couple months ago I was sitting in a restaurant with a group of people, one of whom was trying to sell a skin product that I couldn’t have been less interested in, when she turned to me and said, “It could even take care of that thing on your cheek.” Everyone kind of took…