A small antidote: distanceAnguish into memoryMoments pass, years passFor better, for worse, time crashes forwardWe find our legs, we find our breath(we lose it again, […]
Happily Ever After
“Happily ever after only lasts if you have six minutes to live.” That’s what Dr. Laurie Santos said on the We Can Do Hard Things […]
The Basics
The basics. Always back to those. Move. Sweat. Stand Up. Socialize. Connect. Laugh. Read. Learn. Enjoy. Drink water. Breathe. Sleep. I’m working on it. Always. […]
Writing Update: Plot Bunnies
Do we still call them plot bunnies? Those new story ideas that hop around in your head. They stay there, insistent, and often split your […]
Good Writing
One of the best parts about being a writer is that your friends are also writers and you get to read their work and those […]
The wanderer and the tree
I found it! I wrote a poem about a tree and wanderer when I was fifteen-ish that once in a while gets in my head. […]
Hope in the Stars
It’s that time of year againWhere we can see Cassiopeia overheadThe lazy W tightly orbiting the North Star all yearThen we find Deneb sinking lower […]
Adoption Training
My adoption education today, a seven-hour training at MATC (we were a small group, we all wore masks, it’s required by the state to be […]
A Favorite Poem
I’m attending an all-day (required) adoption training tomorrow, so my boss (who also adopted her kids) shared with me her favorite adoption poem this evening. […]
Go Kick Something
Sometimes people are the worst. And I feel it in how my heart can’t catch a steady beat and my body tenses up and my […]