May 19, 2020 Note: This essay is going to be annoying for people who don’t want shiny, happy things waved in their faces right now. I get...

“Mom, did you Shelley?” asked my son when I told him I met a neighbor when out walking my dog and got her phone number. Shelley is my mom...

He walked in just as she bent to pull the tray out of the oven, giving him an excellent rear view. The smell of grease woke his stomach...

I forgot how to travel. This became abundantly clear during my latest trip, which involved the first plane travel I have done since...

Here are my recent blog posts for Scary Mommy and other websites. Scary Mommy https://www.scarymommy.com/sex-taboo-topic-growing-up/...

“Morgan, are you ready to go?” asked Gena, turning off her computer and smoothing her curly hair as Morgan walked toward her, taking off...

As 2020 comes to a much-anticipated end, I have been reflecting back on the year, and in particular, on the months that have passed since...

October 20, 2020 Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about identity. In a matter of weeks, I finished a draft of my debut novel, Manflu, and...

June 30, 2020 Some people measure COVID by the ebbs and flows of case numbers. I measure it by the waves of my anxiety. The first time I...

June 7, 2020 I took my children to a Black Lives Matter protest the other day. This is the conversation we had prior to attending. Me: A...

April 28, 2020 I was daydreaming about chicken schnitzel. Warm, golden pieces of breaded and pan-fried chicken perfectly salted and...

A week in the life of an essential worker. May 29, 2020 Monday is Memorial Day. Tuesday, May 26 The morning does not start out well....

May 5, 2020 Soon after the first Shelter-In-Place order took effect, I helped a woman, let’s call her Dorothy, with her rental assistance...

May 24, 2020 I’m at the beach (sitting on my towel six feet away from other people) when I see her. She looks to be in her early forties...

May 16, 2020 I’m not a person who has ever really suffered from depression. I have been sad. Devastated. I remember crying in the shower...

By Alex Muñoz, Daniel Muñoz and Simone de Muñoz May 14, 2020 Hey it's Alex, my mom's older son. She's trying something different today by...

May 12, 2020 My mom is the type of person who watches news programs and immediately calls to inform me of whatever new danger exists in...

April 10, 2020 Now more than ever, I exist between two worlds. Let’s call them World A and World B. World A is the world in which...