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Black Bear

The ER Visit That Changed My Life

And how it led me to replace one deadly self-harm practice with another

7 min readApr 15, 2024

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Invisible Illness

When My Preschooler Viciously Attacked Me in the Mall Food Court

And how I narrowly avoided the run-in with the police that could have made me lose him forever

8 min readApr 19, 2024

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When My Preschooler Viciously Attacked Me in the Mall Food Court

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The Book Cafe

When My Fifth Grade Teacher Read A Wrinkle in Time to Us After Recess

And how her favorite book taught us that we had courage of our own

5 min readFeb 17, 2024

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The Wind Phone

When I Prayed Hand in Hand with a Dying Woman

And how weeks later, COVID held the world captive

5 min readJan 29, 2024

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The Narrative Arc

When My Deaf Ballet Classmate Taught Me to Feel the Music

And how she undermined our intimidating teacher with signs

4 min readMar 3, 2024

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The Storyteller’s Vault

Tasty

A haiku trio

1 min read7 hours ago

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The Narrative Arc

When My Grandpa Prevented Me From Having a Two-Headed Baby

And how my grandparents’ unconditional love prepared me for single motherhood

5 min read8 hours ago

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The Fiction Writer’s Den

FAIRE

Flash fiction

1 min read2 days ago

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A blacksmith’s hammer close up

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The Storyteller’s Vault

Relate

A sedoka

1 min read3 days ago

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The Wind Phone

When My Eight-Year-Old Sobbed Over Her Great-Grandmother’s Casket

And how her unabashed grief helped me accept my anger over my grandmother’s death

4 min read3 days ago

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Maisie Archer

Maisie Archer

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70s/80s girl, big sister, single mom, indiscriminate reader. Writing short fiction, poetry, and personal essays about growing up in small town America.

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