Sue Sanders' essays have appeared in The New York Times, Salon, Brain, Child and Parents, among others. Her first book, Mom, I'm Not a Kid Anymore, a collection of essays, will be published in May by The Experiment.
There was a time that I didn’t feel safe in my own home. Every night before bed, after I’d tested the doorknob to make sure it was locked, I lodged a kitchen chair securely under it.