Learning to sleep again
This summer I’ve enjoyed quite a bit of traveling for work, family meetups, and for play. Last…
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I Don’t Like Fireworks anymore
I loved walking to the big field behind my grandma’s vacation home and watching the bright flashes…
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Just Keep Swimming
Three months ago my grandma died. For weeks after her death, she showed up in my dreams…
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Goodbye Grandma
My Grandma Dolly, her given name Dolores, but don’t call her that, she hates it, died this…
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Beautiful Broken Boy
It’s hard to watch his body Break His youth Eroded Eve did Take For into the apple…
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Happy Easter
It was a beautiful summer day in 1999, and I was 22 years old. I was months…
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A Fall Walk
Under the cloak of the night I arise before the house stirs and beside my husband’s deep…
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Mansions in Heaven
We’ll get mansions in Heaven one day So they say… To us weary caregivers As we humbly…
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Mother’s Day
I realize that Mother’s Day is a difficult day, and it is for me too. I have…
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It Is What It Is
We live in a world Where the truth will not…
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Find Your Tribe
If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls…
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The Backstory to “When he Outgrew Cute.”
A few years ago, after a particularly difficult day with 15-year-old Lucas, I sat down and wrote…
