kindness

Including personal essays on divorce, grief, and starting over.

“These gorgeous children asked questions about her snack with as much interest as if she’d just returned from Mars.”

When Anton was three months old, I burst into tears at the playground...

It was a summer morning, and I was 16 years old...

From a cracking-voiced teenage boy to a beautiful airport moment.

"It’s just a less-corny name for a gratitude exercise."

From quiet gestures to the kindness of strangers.

"She said, ‘Who couldn’t like you? That’s like someone not liking bacon.’"