When she’s not busy writing nasty letters to her insurance company or texts to her children to pick up the damn phone when she calls, Debbie uses her words to write about parenting, mental health, and how her husband can’t see crumbs on the kitchen counter.

Literary Journals

  • Passengers Journal

    Thirteen Days

  • Aurora Journal

    Fearless Girls

  • ONE ART: a journal of poetry

    18 Reasons Why I Haven’t Lost Weight

  • Emerge Lit

    Phone Support

  • Wild Greens

    It’s Not You…It’s Poetry

  • Words & Whispers

    Saving My Angst For Your Altima

  • Hearth & Coffin

    Kindness is Always in Reach When You Have a Pair of Tongs

  • Five Minutes

    By My Side

  • Wild Greens

    A (Mulberry) Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Essays

  • NYT Tiny Love Stories

    A Ride Home

  • She Knows

    My Son Damaged Our Wall In a Fit of Rage — Repairing It Was a Learning Lesson For Our Family

  • The Keepthings

    The Five Ball

  • American Baby

    The Boy of My Dreams All my life I’ve wanted a daughter. Could I love a son as much?

  • Kveller

    Did I Kill My Grandpa By Not Following This Jewish Naming Rule?

Parenting

  • Insider

    Disney movies helped my son, who has a neurological disorder, to communicate with me

  • Parents

    Talking Trouble: If your child doesn’t say much or is hard to understand, don’t assume that she’ll eventually catch up without help

  • American Baby

    Lost in Translation: A roundup of common speech problems, and expert advice on when to seek help

Humor

  • The Belladonna

    Empty Nester Bingo

  • Slackjaw

    Reasons Why My Husband Doesn’t Clean Around The House That Aren’t He’s An Inconsiderate Selfish Asshole

  • Points In Case

    Introducing the Fantasy Card Game, “Mothers: The Maddening”

  • Jane Austen's Wastebasket

    The Hallmark Channel Announces an Entire Year of Jewish Holiday Movies Following Hanukkah on Rye’s Unprecedented Ratings

  • Five South

    Is That a New Green Box I Spy on Submittable or Is My Prozac Kicking In?