This morning, I was up and walking around, trying to get my kids ready for school. They had woken me up with pleasant snuggles and whispered birthday greetings in my ear. It all started out great, but it soon turned into little moments of chaos as we all got ready for the day. My daughter has been enjoying sick days on the couch, so she has started asking to be home. I had to tell her no several times, and then console her when she didn't get her wish. My son typically wander

There is a way we see anger. Hysterical. Erratic. Unstable. Anger becomes excess. Grief becomes insanity. Tears become evidence of brokenness— instead of proof that something is real. So we learn to quiet ourselves. To repress what is heavy. To carry what has nowhere else to go. This is accumulation. We are told it’s a requirement. To hide anger, grief. To quietly ferry the emotions of our ancestors. Generations have watched their children their bodies, their innocence, their

Young, smooth and labile Trusting with good intentions Earned through confident words Inflecting swaying candour. Put your hands here...

Hold it in Deep down, knives in the nothing. Turn, twisting, sinking Together bound Ignorance is bliss Less joy Look over there Down...

A little over 10 years ago I started seeing my therapist. I was suicidal, I had been for a while. Despair has pretty much taken over my...

I fell in love with you We embraced We danced We held on We joined We said goodbye We spoke We wrote We traveled We understood We knew We...

I didn't know anything that big could be so quiet. Quiet lightening Clouds rising Lightened sky monsters The storm anticipated Wet flesh...

I was scrolling through Instagram this morning and I came across a video of a small boy walking alone to the Polish border from Ukraine....

I was sitting in a waiting room at my doctors office. I was scared. I had just received, potentially, some horrible news. I waited a long...

There is a picture that has always hung on the walls in my mother’s home. My great grandmother is standing at the kitchen counter holding...

I was talking to my husband the other day and we engaged in a discussion about relationships. I had recently listened to a podcast with...

I've only been on the planet for a blink of an eye and I'll admit, I don't know much. I know even less about things that don't relate to...

Last night I had an interesting dream. My dreams tend to be out there, but this one was different. I sometimes wake up and start...

I was sitting in a small room in a small house in rural Kenya with my friend, Katie. It was night, but we could see and hear that a storm...

It's been a while I miss you I miss them A murdered spirit Laid to rest in a homey cage Morning caws understood A colloquium in the dark...

Well, if you're stuck at home like the rest of the world you're probably thinking and doing a lot of things. You're probably feeling a...

There is a shift in the world of women and men. Can you feel it? As a woman I am feeling it, hearing it, sharing it. Over the past 4...

*I haven't changed anything in this piece as it's one of my favorite stories and I can see how my writing had shifted over the years. I...

* I wrote this while I was grieving the loss of my father. I have updated it a bit, but it's true to the original. At the time I was...

My past, myself, my identity My heart, my life, my soul Through the lens of a new me I see a new future What do I keep? My mind is a pool...