It’s quiet here, my own breath the only sound. I stare straight ahead, loosely tracking along the black line, mind wandering blissfully in the near-silence. My body moves rhythmically, the motion second-nature. When I reach the “T” that signals the […]
*Trigger warning: This story recounts an incident of medical trauma. If you find this topic upsetting, please be kind to yourself and skip this story or seek support, if needed. I’m sitting on the edge of a table. My pants […]
My son recently enjoyed his first Christmas celebration while my eighty-year-old grandfather savored his last. On December 16th, these bookends of life––one story collecting its first details and another penning its final chapter––collided in a bright living room in San […]
Eating food was – for a long stretch – equivalent to swallowing razor blades and expecting a positive outcome. When something so vital began to backfire with chronic pain, it became a losing battle trying to keep any weight on […]
The sunset ignites with pink, orange, & purple hues once again.I notice the leaves – they’re dancing – inviting me to move, to play.Tears transition from markers of grief to cascades of gratitude.Laughter, it bubbles foreignly, a new soundtrack to […]
Her spirit ached,Fatigued, but too stubborn to release,The bucket of rocks she was carrying.Each stone, a story,Memory,Of a life who’d touched hers.Sometimes through a book, a video, an essay,An honest, even painful, conversation with a friend,Other times through small interactions […]
The words come out fumbling, as if I’m telling the story of someone else’s life or repeating gruesome details from the scene of a suspense film. It was already three years ago, but my mind involuntarily recalls seconds and minutes […]
I often feel like a walking contradiction,My steady undercurrents of easy laughter and unquenchable curiosity,Wonder at the world and whoever just might be in front of me,Now, in this moment. Constant.Contradictions, parts of me that seem permanently altered – damaged,A […]
We are nearly four weeks into 2020, the time when new year’s resolutions may be starting to fade, and I, for one, am already feeling a bit weary, and it seems much too soon for that. In the few short […]
The temperature will soon be dropping to propel the trees into their best show of the year, as their transitioning leaves invite us to pause and look up. The iced beverages that have been providing us relief from the summer […]
