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- The New York Times. Meals are Bland, Life is Good. A Tiny Love Story. (This essay also appeared in the print edition on 11/15/21.)
- The New York Times. My Son, the Homeowner. A Tiny Love Story. In 2020, this essay also appeared in the anthology Tiny Love Stories: True Tales of Love in 100 Words or Less, and again in the Tiny Love Stories Page-a-Day Calendar 2023.
- Writer's Digest. My No-Show Book Talk Was the Best Thing to Happen to Me as a Writer
- HuffPost. I Do Random Acts Of Kindness To Brighten Strangers' Lives — But There's A Twist.
- Business Insider. I'm 66 and don't work full-time anymore. I'm fluidly retired. Also Clutter used to cause conflict in my marriage. I had a breakthrough. Also I Thought My Son's Benign Brain Tumor was Harmless. I was Wrong. Also I Almost Passed Out Getting My Mammogram. Here's what Saved Me the Following Year.
- Today. I Never Knew Our Sons Hated My Beloved Holiday Tradition.
- Newsweek. I Failed Dry January, The Results Were Still Amazing.
- AARP. People-Pleasing Paralyzed Me, and Mom’s Parting Gift.
- Next Avenue. Lymphatic Drainage Massage, and How I Stood Up for Myself Despite My People-Pleasing Ways
- Next Tribe. Kissing my Knee Goodbye.
- Hudson Valley Writers Guild 2021 Non-fiction Contest. A Tale of Two Tumors. Awarded an honorable mention.
- Memoir Magazine. Misconstrued.
- The Masters Review. Writers on Not Writing.
- Brevity Blog. My Polished Marketing Strategy. Also Technology Holds My New Writing Secret. Also The Guts to Tell My Story.
- Brain & Life. Make Yourself Heard.
- Literary Mama. Story Worth Telling.
- The Sunlight Press. Why I Hide My Truth.
- Nasiona. Locked Inside.
- Herstry. When the Weak Show Strength.
- Pulse. A Hard Lesson in Humility. Also Illness Isolates, a haiku.
- Noteworthy, on Medium. Generational People-Pleasing.
- Women Writers, Women's Books. Growth excerpt.