It seems like my mom is always making cookies when we talk on the phone. Over a thousand miles away, I imagine the buttery first bite of her thumbprint cookies, with their signature chocolate center hugged by perfectly squishy dough. This past Christmas season, when she told me about all the types of cookies she […]
Author Archives: Isobella Jade
Isobella Jade is an author and essayist. She is originally from New York and has lived in Houston since 2016. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Business Insider, SheKnows, Glamour, Houston Chronicle, Time Out, Writer’s Digest, and elsewhere. She is the author of Running Rebel and Mad Dog, a memoir about heirlooms and she is working on a book about the healing found in nature.
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Falling in Love at the Houston Airport
It was September 2020 when Dan messaged me on Facebook. The day after my 38th birthday. The sight of his name met the memory of being 19 when we dated in college. So much had changed. I was divorced with two kids and living in Houston, far from our New York roots. He was divorced […]