My personal essay, "They called, I answered. It got to me," appears in the Outlook section of the September 21st edition of the Washington Post.
Excerpt:
When my husband deployed to Iraq for the second time in April, he left
me responsible for the following things: our 3-year-old son, our
finances and his company-level family readiness group, or FRG…
(To read the rest of the essay, click here).
A passionate traveler and science writer, she has no problem tackling interesting (and often taboo) subjects spanning love, sex, neuroscience, travel and politics. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, the New Scientist, USA Today, Pacific Standard, the Washington Post, ISLANDS, Parenting, the Bark, American Baby, National Geographic Traveler, and the AARP Bulletin. She is a partner at the award-winning family travel website Travel Savvy Mom, and is also a frequent contributor to the Dana Foundation's many science publications. Read More...