A Simple Family Heirloom Unlocked a Dark Family Secret (Featured in various Hearst Publications)

When my daughter was born, my mother gave me a comb that my grandmother Ella (born Esther) had given her. That comb, it turned out, had great history attached to it. My mother first found the comb in my grandmother’s jewelry box Continue reading A Simple Family Heirloom Unlocked a Dark Family Secret (Featured in various Hearst Publications)

My House Was Impossible To Sell (Featured in Hearst Publications – see links below)

We were selling the perfect house. It should’ve sold in an hour after an aggressive bidding war, but instead it dismally sat on the market for almost three years, thanks to Vermont’s most devastating natural disaster in 85 years. When we lived in Continue reading My House Was Impossible To Sell (Featured in Hearst Publications – see links below)

This Is Why I Left My High-Paying Job As An Attorney (Published In Town & Country)

“I’m not accepting your resignation,” my boss said after I worked up the courage to resign from my job at a law firm. “Go home and figure it out, but you’re not quitting.” Naturally, I assumed she was joking, but when Continue reading This Is Why I Left My High-Paying Job As An Attorney (Published In Town & Country)