Learning to be a Friend
If the past year and a half has thought me anything, it is the importance of connecting with others, most notably loved ones. Those...
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- Sep 3, 2021
- 11 min
Dwelling in Other
I was a rosy-cheeked, chubby, bright-eyed, broad-nosed, girl with cascading flurries of pigtails that sprung on my head like crowning...
- Apr 22, 2020
- 15 min
The Back Door
“I think the thing in our own experience is the person who in youth has the sense of a life to live, and then Daddy says, “No you’d...
- Mar 31, 2020
- 11 min
Internalizing My Sister's Relationship
I have denied for many years that my sister’s relationship with her husband has not affected me, because I did not want to add to her...
- Mar 22, 2020
- 7 min
I Choose to Love
Through the heartbreak and the hurt, growing up, I have learned that Love is choice and a way of being.
- Mar 14, 2020
- 10 min
Two Seconds...
Two seconds away from pulling the trigger. I could feel the cold steel on my temple, the fiery hollow depths of death in the gun’s...
- Mar 1, 2020
- 7 min
Abortion
Being naked, to find yourself whole again. She comes to me at night. Her giggle. Her whispers... A cold winter night, the city of Madrid...
- Feb 26, 2020
- 10 min
Rebellion
I am a fallen ballerina. A swan with clipped wings, navigating still waters and flowing down streaming rivers. My back no longer stays...
- Feb 14, 2020
- 3 min
Being in a Relationship
Learning how to BE yourself in a marriage. I gave up my dream to live in Canada to be by my husband's side, and save our marriage. I am...