What I Learned On the Last Day of the Year
Almost a month into the new year and finally 2015 is a soft blur, a whirl of high emotion spinningContinue Reading
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Thoughts For the New Year: When a Missing Umbrella Makes Room for Joy
I wanted to write something wise about this past year. I wanted to take a sage look back, bright spotsContinue Reading
Remembering My Grandpa, Latkes in Bermuda and a Dash of Nutmeg
We are in Bermuda on vacation with my grandparents. This is the first and only time we will vacation withContinue Reading
The Right Side of Grateful
It is the day before Thanksgiving and I am driving. The road flattens and curves like a lazy river. FarmlandContinue Reading
Lists and Prayers
The Little One wakes in the middle of the night. “Mama, I’m scared,” she says. She is pressed to theContinue Reading
When I Was 19: The Trial and Error of Becoming Our Full Selves
When I was 19, I breathed in the sweet North Carolina air, still sticky and humid in September, cool andContinue Reading
