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Not sure how it happened, but today was a set aside for repair.  It wasn’t the usual light bulb burnout or splintered gate, it was friendship.  And for some reason, my tool box [...]

I was eight when I met him.  I tried to vie for his attention, or at the least a nodded approval, with all the things I thought would work.  First my array of stuffed animals put on a [...]

I remember the day Robin Williams took his life. In a pool of tears and weak knees, i fell into my mom’s arms and agreed to take medication for this cloud that enveloped me. It seemed as if [...]

There’s that feeling when you have run your hand against wood and you know something was left behind. Or when you have foolishly touched a cactus arm thinking you had cleverly avoided any [...]

I had a few miles to think about it, what resonated about the Fourth of July for me? How did the word Independence spark my soul? What about my freedom can I hold to be true? Because I parked my [...]

What I wish for you is to be seen.  All of you.  The light of love you bring. The shadows you hide. The fullness you share and the sickness you nurse. That all of you is [...]

Funny that we are such interwoven creatures, seeking connection in even the smallest exchanges. But how we value our independence. We marvel when babies sleep through the night, then eventually [...]

It went thirty minutes too long. Two hours into the conversation, my presence was still full. Moments after that mark, I could feel the signs I was done. That edge of anxiousness, pressing [...]

Could you change the filters? Remove the debris from the air we’ve breathed But the filters remain soiled Littered with resented actions and unspoken words With deceit, apathy, regret Instead, [...]