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It’s So Quiet in the World Tonight

You did it. And I told you not to. You turned 5. I begged you to stay 4, just a [Continue Reading]

I spent June on a roller coaster. Proud, but scared. Shamed, but honest. It was a lot. But so is [Continue Reading]

I’m no psychologist, but I have a theory about parental death at a young age. Of course we’re sad or [Continue Reading]

And this is the part that it hurts the most. All the things that happen in a year. All the [Continue Reading]

One time I let myself get possessed. Not by Spirit. By a person. And I became theirs. Their possession. And [Continue Reading]

I wasn’t enough. And not being enough is not being a woman. A woman is always enough. Her job is [Continue Reading]

I leaned up against the glass at the rink. It was cold. I imagined we were watching the girls take [Continue Reading]

You don’t have to do that anymore. There is no glory in it, but a life time of selling our [Continue Reading]

A day before my daughter had surgery, a young girl mentioned to me that she [Addie] was lucky. I saw [Continue Reading]

I don’t know if he considers these last 10 years a blessing or punishment. I warned him that the [Continue Reading]