Author Journal
Notes from the world of I Just Wanted to Be Normal.
Essays, reflections, memories, and behind-the-scenes thoughts connected to the memoir — the things that stayed with me, the questions that came later, and the small details that kept asking to be written.
Latest essays
- I Could Never Be Sure Dad Would ComeThere was a lot of uncertainty connected to my father when I was a child. Sometimes he came. Sometimes he did not. And I waited.
- When Being ‘Strong’ Starts in ChildhoodSome people become strong because life asked them to be. What happens when childhood survival skills follow us into adulthood?
- I Spent Years Wanting to Be Normal. Then I Asked Why.As a child, I thought normality belonged to other people. Years later, I began to understand what I had really been looking for.