Jul 19, 20213 min readDo I have any real friends?If friendship requires that we feel known and loved, if being known and loved requires connection, if connection requires that we tell...
Jul 18, 20212 min readJuly 18thWe stand in the shade under the thin, sprawling multicolored branches of a row of crepe myrtles. The street is bright with sunlight-even...
Jul 8, 20212 min readThings I've Learned that I can Teach/Share in Stories/Memoirs1. The hardest fight is the surrender 2. Hope is the conclusion to despair 4. All of life is expansion and contraction. The undulating...
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Jul 3, 20211 min readBranch WoundsI just got off the phone with my Dad. He told me it took courage to tell Andrew that I was bullied for many years. I guess it did; I'm...
Jul 3, 202111 min readA TryHere is what I know: I am a writer. You must be achingly raw, or at least open to vulnerability if you want to write. You must share...