My Journal
Suicide, Depression, Social Media, and Starting Over
What if the lowest point in your life became the beginning of your greatest personal transformation?That question is really where How I Killed My Mother begins. Not with my mother. Not even with death. It begins with depression. It begins with social media. And it...
Bubble Boy: Growing Up With a Sick Sibling and Learning How to Love
Sometimes love doesn't look like equality. Sometimes it looks like giving each child exactly what they need.My mother loved my brother more than me. There. I said it. Before anybody calls their therapist on my behalf, let me explain something. I'm perfectly fine with...
The Ones Who Got Away: Healing the Unfinished Relationships of My Life
What if the person who got away wasn't actually the one who got away?What if they were a teacher? That's one of the strangest things I discovered while writing How I Killed My Mother. I started this memoir thinking I was going to work out my relationship with my...









