I sing the songs I remember from summer nights at camp. The ones we sang in the lodge before heading off to the bathrooms to […]
Thirty-Two
What to say about thirty-twoAnd still growing up nowNow thinking of youThrough waiting tears and lack of sleepI watch you breatheAnd can’t believeWe can belong […]
Day Four
Projectile poop Dressed in a rainbow onesie Together we learn With Love, Natalie
Coming Home
I forgot I was brushing my teeth So my toothbrush has stayed in my mouth for fifteen minutes A pacifier of my own While you […]
June 18
In the afternoon I cry a little curled up next to my mama in a hospital bed and all is well With Love, Natalie
June 17
My meditation track today: Let Yourself Feel JoyBreathe in until your lungs are fullThen let it all out With Love, Natalie
Happy Father’s Day
Here’s to a dadWho buys me the same bookI bought himSigned editions all aroundAnd this is one of the hundredsOf small waysI am just like […]
7 More Good Things
We are operating day by day this week. Here are seven more good things: With Love, Natalie
7 Good Things
My world has narrowed this week. I ground myself hour by hour and it’s working, mostly. 7 good things from today: May you also have […]
Picking Flowers in the Dark
Like picking flowers in the dark:When I step into the lightWill I have a bouquet of rosesOr poisoned leaves? Do my hands know better now?These […]