Mar 13, 2021On Discovering a Stranger is My Biological SisterAnd unlocking a new facet of my identity — Sitting in an air conditioned library one July morning, I opened an email from someone claiming to be my half sibling. …Mental Health11 min readMental Health11 min read
Feb 28, 2021Dissociative statesIn a room smaller than a nursery, she sits upright on the plush leather couch and begins to cry. When she was young, she never could have guessed that it would go this way. Her therapist knows her better than anyone before. She leans back, stretching her ribcage, elongating her…Creative Writing4 min readCreative Writing4 min read
Published inHuman Parts·Feb 21, 2021Member-onlyThe Hidden Cost of My Parents’ SecrecyTheir choice to hide my biology has forever altered how I see myself — The day after I found out I was donor-conceived, I spent the afternoon walking through the streets of midtown Manhattan, wondering if anyone I passed by could be a relative. The information I had about the anonymous sperm donor my parents used was minimal: He was Jewish and had been…Lived Through This5 min readLived Through This5 min read
Feb 13, 2021Whose story is centered?My parents have a secret from the world. It’s about them, their bodies, and choices they’ve made. However, the nature of the secret — one that relates to my conception — is invariably also about me. I’m thinking about whose story this is because this is a topic my mother…Sperm Donor2 min readSperm Donor2 min read