Window Over The Sink

It's #WriterWednesday, and it's me again, along with 38 other writers whose works have been combined to create Gals Guide's Fifth Annual Anthology. This year's theme is Rebellion. Blurb: How do you rebel? Sparks of rebellion can be found from family stories to famous women of history. Ripples of rebellion can start small and grow into big movements. The stories and poems in this year's Gals Guide Anthology showcase the political, as well as the deeply personal, defiant acts o

While I have always liked the name Elizabeth, I have never felt that it suited me. I referred to myself as Yitzy when I was small enough that everyone else in the family called me Lizzie and I couldn't pronounce it, but I have been Liz every other minute of my life. A few people still call me Lizzie or Lizbeth, and that's okay because of who they are, but I am still Liz. But this morning when I dropped my coffee pod and banged my head on the counter when I bent to pick it up,