Through this writing space I give you my experiences and losses - fresh, real, and fully me. I want to help those who grieve navigate these waters and find a steadiness in living that leads to a “new normal” in the story of your life. Words can fly 1,000 miles. May my words fly far.
I’ve been thinking about the lives we live and the ones we want. I’ve been thinking about the lives we have and the ones people tell us we need. I’ve been thinking about womanhood and wifehood and motherhood and careerhood and singlehood and where I am and who do I want to continue to be. […]
Moles
I really like my esthetician, Isabel. She is from Colombia, she is kind and gracious, and her eyes seem lit with joy every time I see her. But Isabel does not like my moles. I prefer to call them beauty marks. She prefers to call them unnecessary. She wants them off my face. She says they’re not […]
A Letter to The President
It’s significant to me that the presidency for America’s first African-American president will come to a close next Thursday, January 19, 2017. It’s significant to many, many people in my life, throughout the nation, and around the world. It’s significant to pause and consider America changed her history eight years ago and elected her first-ever […]
