GLENNA GILL

In the beginning, she was merely a symbol, a wrecking ball that invaded our family and smashed it apart. I didn’t ask her name for a lon...

It's time to let go of the guilt. I remember being pregnant and terrified of raising my child. Despite reading every baby book ever writt...

Beauty is and has always been a very good dog. She is a Shiba Inu, a Japanese breed of hunting dog. Her eyes are beautiful dark brown and...

Even with a young girl’s eyes, I could see he was a dreamboat. I’d just taken my turn in the elementary school talent show. My mother dec...

It’s never too late to change. When I was five years old, I walked to the Stop-and-Go all by myself. My family lived in a trailer park in...

Why looks can sometimes be deceiving. At first glance, it might look like I have it all. I’m a wife to my husband of five years and a mom...

I didn’t want to share my father. When my dad first mentioned Priscilla, I’m ashamed to say that my claws came out. Before then, I was si...

Happy birthday to me! The morning I turned 40 years old, I got up and hurried to make the bed. After that, I took my toiletries to the sh...

My high school boyfriend, Jimmy, did tricks on his bicycle that amazed me. I’d follow him out to the dirt tracks and watch him perform ve...

A mother, a death, and a rebirth. My heart sank as I stepped inside my mother’s apartment. The evidence of her hoarding was everywhere. T...