Straight Lines
In case you didn’t notice something today it’s that white picket fences have daily growth spurts. I guess it’s time to walk home from school a little faster each day before the heights really start to hurt. You can giggle and giggle a gaggle just as much as it’s alright to cry. But whatever you choose to do, just …
A Scarlet Letter
Reader’s note – piece contains potentially triggering language involving a woman’s right to choose No regrets about the decision, but it hurt like hell. Worse actually. There really isn’t an accurate way to describe that pain. The discomfort. The sound of the machine. The biggest needle ever manufactured. The gray, shiny room. The cold, clean …
Rio 2016
Are you Listening? (Mine to Keep)
On a not-so-lazy Sunday afternoon I was getting about ready to burn all my paints, books, pens and beads all to the muddy, dusty yet green Midwestern ground— —until a voice that sounded like a vivacious, ginger-haired, eighteen-year-old version of myself crawled into my room like a spider and made this razor-sharp and poignant sound: …
I Might End up in Jail
It’s Been Days (From the Memoir Series)
It’s been days since I’ve slept and instead of counting sheep I’ve been counting the days since you slammed the door shut. There’s a table in our dining room full of apology letters and dead flowers. The letters are full of things like “I forgot to tell you” and kisses imprinted with your favorite lipstick. …