Role Reboot

The Ex-Factor: Risking My Marriage To Settle Old Scores

Vicarious living is a zero sum game you’ll always lose. You cannot outsource the responsibility of manifesting yourself in the world. When my mother told my father to leave the house as my stunned kid sisters and I looked on, I blasted Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” in my head. My father, a lawyer, was “borrowing” […]

On Raising An Adopted Daughter With A Rare Genetic Disorder

After 18 surgical procedures in 30 months, we learned the Unknown had delivered to us the rarest of rare birds to raise and love, one who still sings but softer than before. I handed over my car keys to my daughter the day after she passed her driver’s test with a score of 89. Her […]