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How to Explain Death to a Dog
I don't really know what to tell you will come next. I think it will get very quiet and still. I hope there is lots of bread.

Sarah Z.
Jul 193 min read
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I've Been Numb, But Not Comfortably
I get way nicer to my partner when I reconnect with myself, too. I'm always the last to know when I'm spiraling. Other people observe me...

Sarah Z.
Jul 93 min read
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Please Stop Fucking with My Kid
I've been writing, but not sharing it. Partly, because I'm mid-process in a few novels, so unless you're reading beta versions for me,...

Sarah Z.
Jun 114 min read
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'Dying for Sex,' TV Show Review
The ride is so, SO worth the hard emotions and even in the final most devastating moments, the characters are fucking hilarious. Like, shockingly, bawdily funny. These are the friends who can't be allowed to sit next to each other at serious events because they'll giggle and misbehave and it's a pleasure to watch them sit together through the MOST serious thing that could happen and giggle and misbehave.

Sarah Z.
Apr 243 min read
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How to Be a Parent and a Person Simultaneously, Oy
The instinct to grip hard and never let go to keep them (me) feeling safe is contrary to how growth works. My job is to let go just as soon as I can so they can fly on their own. If I keep holding them to me, we'll both stay stuck in the nest, or plummet to the ground in a tangle of broken wings.

Sarah Z.
Apr 213 min read
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Beta readers wanted: Queer Middle-Grade Fantasy!
LOOKING FOR BETA READERS! HELLO, MY NAME IS ASH (First of the Red Door Series), is a middle grade fantasy about a nonbinary 4th grader...
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Apr 72 min read
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Well, That Was Ridiculous
My stupid morning started at midnight.

Sarah Z.
Apr 24 min read
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The Ant and the Cookie
Radical kindness + take care of your own heart + keep perspective on where we are in history.

Sarah Z.
Feb 25 min read
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I'm the Weird Little Grief Girl, Thank You Very Much
I think it's an exaggeration to say time heals all wounds. Some can't and you just learn to build your new self around them.

Sarah Z.
Dec 18, 20243 min read
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But We All Know This Is Bad, Right, Loves? LOVES?
We had an option and we chose this. Bruised all over inside, soggy around the edges. I am grieving.

Sarah Z.
Nov 20, 20244 min read
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Why Do I Only Cry at the Happy Bits?
In marriage counseling, we've been doing Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy - which is basically identifying your triggers- where you...

Sarah Z.
Sep 4, 20243 min read
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The Deepest, Darkest
It started about a week ago, this sense of doom. The kids were getting ready to go back to school, and instead of tasting my impending...

Sarah Z.
Aug 21, 20244 min read
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Committed Felony, Fell in Hole: How My Girls Night Out Went
I'm trying to make friends in our new home (3.5 years new) and it's haarrrrdddd. I'm only mildly social and pretty busy with kids, pets,...

Sarah Z.
Aug 10, 20243 min read
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PRIDE is the Best Parts of Church
Every time I go to a Pride event, I leave feeling amazing. The radical love and acceptance is so vivid, I can taste it in the air. It's a...

Sarah Z.
Jun 6, 20243 min read
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Sad Mad Sad Bad(?) Sad Sad Sad
I don't know how to function when my kid is struggling. I'm sure it's condependent and there's a better way, but when my kids are in...

Sarah Z.
May 9, 20245 min read
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Where Do I Start? EMDR Therapy
I haven't been writing because I don't know how to begin to share what I've been going through. Also, I'm hesitant because I'm not sure...

Sarah Z.
Mar 18, 20247 min read
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Be a Jerk For Your Kid
That's what the therapist for my ten year-old told me tonight, when I was hemming and hawing over whether it was too much for me to ask...

Sarah Z.
Feb 1, 20242 min read
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Movie Review: Poor Things
Alright, so let me start by saying that this movie is strange and arty and will be taught in film school going forward. I am certain it's...

Sarah Z.
Jan 26, 20244 min read
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Forever Debating That Glass of Wine
I woke up with a headache and the feeling that leaving my bed today would be ambitious. It could be from the pressure changes; it’s...

Sarah Z.
Jan 25, 20242 min read
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Not So Much Plastic as Cardboard: Mean Girls (2024), Review
Mean Girls: So, this is the movie version of the Broadway musical (2018) based on the 2004 movie, based on a parenting book. It's about...

Sarah Z.
Jan 15, 20243 min read
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