The Legacy of Elena Sterling: How My Ex-Husband’s Betrayal Collapsed When I Found My Father’s Envelope
The Bamberg County courthouse had this peculiar smell of damp wool and floor wax that always stayed in...
Author: Jerry B. Case
The Price of the Degree: How My Family’s Public Graduation Assault Collapsed When I Called the Campus Police
The green felt box had sat at the bottom of my cedar chest for four years, but I...
The Keys Left Behind: How My Husband’s Desertion Six Days Postpartum Collapsed at Faye’s Dinner Table
Six days after an emergency C-section, the world reduces itself to a very small, very loud circle of...
The Price of a Golden Crown: How My Family’s Stolen Inheritance Collapsed on Opening Night
I got a lot of things wrong for a long time, but the biggest mistake I ever made...
The Price of a Nursing Degree: How My Daughter’s Graduation Speech Shattered My Eleven-Year Denial
The folding chair in the front row of the university field house felt entirely too hard for a...
The Shadows at Grandma’s House: How My Sons’ Mysterious Illnesses Exposed a Sick Obsession
The red digital numbers on the dashboard clock of my sedan read 2:14 when I finally pulled out...
The Wrong Number on My Hospital Wristband: How My Daughter’s Insurance Fraud Collapsed
My hospital wristband had the wrong number. I noticed it after fainting at home three times in six...
How My Brother-in-Law’s Public Birthday Humiliation Collapsed When the Hotel Manager Called Me Madam President
The red stain soaked through the front of my ivory silk dress in a slow, jagged star, smelling...
The Locks on the Inside: How My Stepfather’s Quiet Surveillance Collapsed When We Broke Down Mom’s Door
The cold off the linoleum floor in my kitchen always finds the joints in my ankles first thing...
The Price of Crackers and Cheese: How My Boyfriend’s Superficial Compliment Collapsed When I Asked for His Solution
You spend an awful lot of time in your twenties trying to smooth down the rough edges of...