Jennifer Berney is a mother, writer, and teacher. She is a contributing blogger at Brain, Child, and her work has also appeared in Tin House, Brevity, and Cactus Heart, among other places. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her partner and two sons. She is currently working on a memoir.
“My partner trails me up the hill, both of us weighed down with sacks of groceries, the plastic handles pressing into the flesh of our palms. We are halfway home when I see it...”
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