The complexity of grief is that we are dually grieving both a first and second loss. The first loss is what sets us grieving in the first place – cancer snatching our sister too soon, the cruel and unnecessary homicide […]
The complexity of grief is that we are dually grieving both a first and second loss. The first loss is what sets us grieving in the first place – cancer snatching our sister too soon, the cruel and unnecessary homicide […]
In celebration of my twenty-sixth lap around the sun, I hopped on a plane to Kansas City to soak up 72 hours of autumn leaves, falling snow, and the people who transformed the midwest into a second home. After a […]
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 […]
Plant both feet firmly on the ground. Go ahead, feel the soles of your feet greeting the earth, and take a deep breath in, the biggest breath you have taken all day, and imagine a place or scenario where you […]
She collapsed after six bullets entered her legs, recent adornments from her husband who casually sauntered up the stairs with a gun and a statement: “I’m going to kill you.” Another was pinned on the ground while her boyfriend’s hands […]
“I wanted to be called again, to hear the voice of God again, perhaps never more wildly than when it felt like the God I once knew was disappearing like steam on a mirror.” ~ Sarah Bessey Abba, where are […]
I have been holding my breath for a long time. Know the feeling? Of trying to gain some control, Fearful of whatever could possibly come barreling around the corner to run you over next, Avoiding the deep inhale and freeing […]
Today is my 25th birthday, and as a writer (and an over-thinker), I usually spend some time in November reflecting on all of the wonderful life lessons that I learned in that year. But this year I am staring at […]
A bird flew into the side of my face on my 5:00 walk to the parking garage. Yes, you read that right. A bird flew. into. the side. of my face. It had already been one of those Wednesdays where everything that […]
I have always deeply admired the dreamers of our world. You know, those wild people who tend to have a knack for looking at some difficult situation and envisioning a better reality, a reality that dares to glisten with hope. […]