Lisa Suhay
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Journalist, Fairy Tree Founder, Op-Ed and children’s book author who has written for the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, NPR and The Virginian-Pilot. TEDx presenter on chess. YouTube Storytime Video playlist
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The Wolf That Cried Hedgicorn
(Inspired by Sarah McBride, U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district. Dedicated to my daughter Mellow, to Huckleberrie, to Vivian Jenna Wilson and all of the transgender humans being targeted. The damage was done with grim stories. This tale will be their undoing.)
By Lisa Suhayabout a year ago in Pride
A solution for elderly homeless
When women all across America who have worked their whole lives, raised families and served our communities end up homeless through no fault of their own, that’s when the conversation needs to change. That time is right now because those women have found a workaround that has turned the term “self-storage” into a literal state of being as those affordable, climate-controlled lockers here have become “affordable housing” for them.
By Lisa Suhay2 years ago in Families
Don't Sign That Medical Release
Fantastic neuro-spicy TikTokkers raised my awareness about ADHD in women enough to inspire me to get tested at the age of 58. Unfortunately, nobody warned me about how much leeway a psychiatrist has when passing on your most traumatic, sexual, and personal details, including all of his session notes which he can send to your general practitioner. Now my most personal experiences and thoughts are available to non-medical office staff, an entire hospital/ insurance system and everyone in their offices with access to medical files.
By Lisa Suhay2 years ago in Psyche
Face Time: Gua Sha at 92?
Okay, Clock App, you win this round of “TikTok made me buy it.” Because I’m not gonna lie, when you find something that makes your 92-year-old mama look in the mirror and use the viral expression, “Wow! My jaw looks snatched” I’m just gonna hand you my debit card and call it a day. That’s how real the viral Gua Sha facial trend is for me right now.
By Lisa Suhay3 years ago in Blush
Trainor & Tink: Made You Look
At age 92 my mother still styles herself as a coquettish cross between Tinkerbell and Meghan Trainor. Once I figured that out I had the tools to break into the mental loops she gets stuck in with dementia that’s suddenly wiped away her memory and abilities as the result of a tiny tumor growing in the space between her brain and her skull called a Meningioma. Don’t worry, this is going to be a feel-good read. Let’s get into it.
By Lisa Suhay3 years ago in Beat
Sacrificial Chicken Soup
The day I thanked my neighbors for the gallons of soup they had blessed me with while I was down with COVID-19, via an app designed to communicate with the folks who live next door and elsewhere, it truly never dawned on me that I would have to later clarify that I’m not a practitioner of black magic, voodoo or other such things but that’s why we’re here today so let’s get into it.
By Lisa Suhay3 years ago in Feast
Anyone Can Whistle
The day my mother, age 92, forgot how to whistle a lot of things changed for us both. The birds were singing and she didwhat she’s done for the better part of a century and whistled back, only shedidn’t. She did as Lauren Bacall once instructed Humphrey Bogart in To Have and Have Not, "You just put your lips together and blow." Nothing happened.
By Lisa Suhay3 years ago in Families
Diary of a mad fairy wrangler
A three-foot-tall Spiderman is staring up at me deciding if he should “web” me or give me a pass for referring to him as “Spiderman” and not his preferred moniker “Spidey.” Meanwhile, several girls, one with pointy ears and her sister (similarly attired) are summoning me to hear about the letters they just got from their fairies.
By Lisa Suhay3 years ago in Psyche
Ask the Fairies
If you write a letter to the fairies they write back to answer questions about anything from magical lore to coping with COVID-19 anxiety and even relationships. This is the first time this resource has become available to the world in the form of a regular column. Just write to [email protected] and a fairy, pixie, elf, troll, Muse, hobgoblin, gremlin or Fairy Godmother will reply. This is a FREE, unsponsored, unpaid labor of love.
By Lisa Suhay5 years ago in Psyche
