Latest posts

  • my dear friend

    my dear friend

    My friend has been going through a hard time lately. She doesn’t talk about it much, I am not sure if she knows how. It has not been easy to see her like this; so tired and worn out, just sort of going through the motions. Stuck on autopilot. She thinks she’s passing, and maybe

    Continue reading


  • on deserving ice cream

    on deserving ice cream

    When I was in middle school, I played softball for the local park district. We were called the Navy Blue Vipers. I played right field because it was the position that was least likely to get a ball hit in that direction. I was not the best softball player. And I loved it anyway. One

    Continue reading


  • “do not be afraid” and other shit i finally stopped telling myself

    “do not be afraid” and other shit i finally stopped telling myself

    “Do not be afraid.” That phrase is famously said in the Bible 365 times. One for every day of the year. But I heard it more often than that growing up. We sang it in songs and chanted it in the church sanctuary. We even made jewelry, t-shirts, mugs, you name it; all toting the

    Continue reading