More than 25 years ago, after my parents divorced, my mother dropped me off at my great-grandparents’ house for the afternoon. I don’t even remember the reason. I do remember walking up the steps to their front door. I remember the paint-chipped stone lions and the brown-bruised magnolia petals strewn along the grass near their […] Read more…
Journey
Written many years ago, when I was in my 20s and when running ruled my life. I do not have a driver’s license. I am 22 years old. Normally, I rely on friends and relatives to drive me places. Lately, I’ve remained in my house for weeks, feeling guilty and ashamed. I hadn’t even stepped […] Read more…
There Ain’t No Road Too Long
I am a grown-ass woman, but I’m perpetually obsessed with the same things many 80s millennials love: Care Bears, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Big Bird, and rainbow-colored everything. Our parents can’t believe we still haven’t grown up. For one thing, we were given candy necklaces to suck on while we watched traumatizing cartoons created by […] Read more…
I’m an old soul with a young and wild heart, unearthing more of myself each day.
My very first word was “bird.” How appropriate, since I’ve kept myself in a cage for years until the hunger to discover my gifts and talents began eating away at me. “Who are you, what are you doing with your life, what is your tagline?” The answer is not a bubble you fill in on […] Read more…