283: Mile 700
When the movers load the last box onto the truck and you are left at the edge of it all, stand in your empty apartment and sing. Let the...
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Mar 21 min read
278: Asking for Bread
I don’t know what God looks like, but I know how big the sky is. I don’t know how to fall in love, but I know that it’s happened like I...
Mar 21 min read
277: More Please
I woke up praying today, the words already on my lips. Some days are like that. The holiness of it all finds me before my feet find the...
Jan 151 min read
272: Same, Same but Different
Today I noticed a fly trapped in the kitchen. It buzzed frantically against the cold glass window. Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. day....
Feb 23, 20231 min read
244: Rubble
Written in response to the Syria/ Turkey Earthquake, Feb. 2023
Jun 25, 20221 min read
214: Stolen
You do not know my body, the gait of my walk, the lines around my eyes, the curve of my shoulders, the dip behind my knees. You do not...
Jun 2, 20221 min read
210: I Prefer My Monsters Under the Bed
Last night I had the dream- the active shooter dream the one where we’re all together but I can’t find you. You’re in the crowd. People...
May 24, 20221 min read
209: Cut (it) Short
I wish I could tell my friends it will never happen to you. This gut-wrenching marriage-ending world-burning pain, it will never happen...
Mar 1, 20221 min read
195: March 2020 / March 2022
It began there, but we can feel it here. It’s all people are talking about. The news is always on. Would you like to sign up for a...
Feb 25, 20221 min read
194: When the World is Coming to an End
This morning New York froze over- a sheet of ice blanketed the city, reminding us what cold feels like. Yesterday Russia invaded Ukraine-...
Jan 18, 20221 min read
185: Birdsong
For Colleyville I’ve heard that the reason birds sing in the morning is to say to one another I made it through the night. I guess that’s...
Jan 11, 20221 min read
182: Deja Vu
It’s better and worse all at the same time. We’ve been here before. I never liked deja vu. Some people stay optimistic, they say it’s...
Jan 8, 20221 min read
181: House Calls
I don’t often have heavy days. When sadness makes her house calls I’m usually so far down the list that she doesn’t get to me. She spends...
Dec 20, 20210 min read
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167: Handwritten Notes and Park Benches
I write the neighbor’s names on a worn index card and tape it to the fridge- Alana and Neil, Apartment 3. I don’t want to forget. Then I...
Oct 8, 20211 min read
159: The Wrong Side of the Bed
Today I woke up on the wrong side of the bed- angry and anxious, my chest tight before the curtains even opened. Doesn’t my body know I’m...
Oct 2, 20211 min read
155: Coda
They started by telling me that he was an amazing singer. They said- You should have heard him at the Christmas concert in December with...
Oct 2, 20211 min read
147: Describing Call
Isn't it amazing how grief and joy can braid themselves together? Like water in tide pools at the beach, the water keeps coming and the...
Jun 26, 20210 min read
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