Sarah Orman used to be an attorney for public schools in Texas and California. Now she writes personal essays and poetry. Sarah is also the author of A Reader's Compendium on Substack. She lives with her family in Austin.
Arts & Entertainment
On a recent Friday morning, I drove my daughter and four of her classmates from their school in central Austin to Dripping Springs for a seventh grade field trip. Three rows of girls yell-sang Olivia Rodrigo as I contemplated my life choices. Fridays are supposed to be my writing
Perspectives
On a slow afternoon in the summer of 2019, I took my laptop outside to work in a sunroom, the only place in my small house where I can be separated from my husband and children by a sliding glass door. I was perusing my inbox when an email from