We were kids before the world asked us to explain ourselves.Back when your laugh was the sound of summer,And mine echoed right behind it.We made our own constellations out of streetlights,And swore that nothing, not school, not time,Not even growing up could pull us apart. “Chasing Cars” played on repeatAs our private teenage anthem.The summer…
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Excerpt from “Everything I Should Have Said: Letters From the Heart, vol. II”
“Sometimes you meet someone, and it’s so clear that thetwo of you, on some level, belong together. Not as lovers,but as friends, or as family, or as something entirelydifferent. We work, although we don’t always understandone another and constantly bicker, we still work. You’rethe kind of person that someone meets throughout life,out of nowhere, under…
Excerpt from “Everything I Never Told You: Letters From the Heart”
I wonder where you are now. I guess I could search social media, but a public profile can only tell so much. I can’t think about Boston without thinking of you. The city, not the band. We all thought we were so grown up going across the country on that trip. But looking back now,…
My grandmother
My grandmother passed away in July. She is an integral part of the woman I am today. She was a part of every event in my life, minor and major. No matter where the USAF took us, she would come visit, even though she was afraid of flying. I am not certain how to exist…
But…
“He pushed me out of car, But I was arguing with him. I shouldn’t have ridden the bus that day When he said I wasn’t allowed. I shouldn’t have eaten that cookie When the protein bar would do. I shouldn’t have taken that selfie With my makeup and hair done, too. He sounds so cruel…
Hey…
Hey. That sounds so empty after all that we have been through. We have been reduced to a mere word uttered with such trepidation and grief. A word that was once so familiar has become so tarnished by panic. In a word, love has been replaced with hey. Hey. It is what you say when you…
We belong to each other
I love Mother Teresa. I love her wisdom and her determination. So many of her words echo throughout my life. I have many that I like, but one in particular is my favorite: “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” I love to wear my…
The human condition
Nine years ago my friend died. There really isn’t a nicer way to say it. She has been gone longer now than the number of years I got to spend time with her. She believed in me in ways no one else did. She asked the questions that I had desperately needed someone to ask….
I am enough.
I never felt worthy. No one ever sat me down and looked me dead in the eyes and told me that I wasn’t worthy, but the feeling was there nonetheless. I guess I was born feeling not good enough. For as long as I can remember, I have been consumed with fear and feelings of…
“In order to be a mentor, and an effective one, one must care. You must care. You don’t have to know how many square miles are in Idaho, you don’t need to know what is the chemical makeup of chemistry, or of blood or water. Know what you know and care about the person, care…