• In The Front Seat

    What is it about life’s little details? They seem to wiggle themselves, into the messy, the mundane, the everyday. I am still on the journey to finding balance. What to let in, what to…

  • The Importance of an “I feel”

    I am such a proponent and heavy user of the “I feel’s.” An “I feel” is the doorway into an exploration of self. It is where emotion meets expression, and what is more beautiful…

  • An open letter to the swim ahead

    This is a process I’ve yet to encounter: Twenty-six years and I’m learning grief. Except, instead of denial, I am learning acceptance. It is so confusing that you could not see the little girl…

  • Remembering to Remember

    I have been thinking about the year 2011 a lot lately. Since I have been in this spiritually slow season, I have tried to be better at slowing down and paying attention. The other…

  • Deeper than Baltimore

    I’m going to start out by saying that I’m proud of myself. On some level, I have kept my composure surrounding Baltimore. I sought to internalize first, attempted to avoid every Facebook post that…

  • “The Night of the Senses”

    I have been following Christ for almost six years now. While it seems like a sliver in comparison to those who are ten, twenty, thirty years in, to me it feels like forever. To…

  • The Sweetest Hellos

    After seeing buds on trees this morning, I’m thinking of what Heaven must be like. I wonder if it’s the first day of spring every single day there. Where trees are beginning their bloom…

  • Living In The Drafts

    I am not sure what is to be grieved more: the lack of writing because of the lack of inspiration or the lack of writing when inspiration hits? What I have come to learn…

  • Five Minutes of Direct Eye Contact

    I am currently taking a Principles and Practices in Substance Abuse Counseling class, and it hasn’t exactly been awe-inspiring or helped maintain the passion I once had for this field. But something last night…