This three-day weekend has been fully devoted to packing. I continue to underestimate the time it takes and the amount of stuff I have — […]
To write about the light again
One of my personal hazards of moving is having to go through notebooks and find all those random places I wrote fiction or poetry in […]
Dear HR Mini-Me
I had to answer a prompt for something work-related this evening on what I would write in a letter to myself as I was first […]
Look Out, Wisconsin
I couldn’t wait to leave. That’s what I wrote on bio on this website after describing my charmed life growing up in small-town Wisconsin. And […]
Now Act
I shared this on my social media last night (and in my family group text this morning), but I wanted to surface this article again […]
An imperfect post
An imperfect post, because I am still learning the right way to speak up or shut up and amplify. And I need to do better. […]
Roller Coaster
I used to describe my depression as a bad carnival ride I could not get off — not because there wasn’t an exit, but because […]
Knowing
There is a great story in Untamed where Glennon recounts walking into a room with a group of her son’s friends and asking “Is anyone […]
Tough Mudder
I remember the shock of pulling my body through ice water. Not the cold, my skin has shed the sensation, but the hurt. The banging […]
The Word Normal
I read an article today titled “Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting” — it’s worth a read and worth a think. The word “normal” is getting […]