Self Improvement

NONE OTHER THAN YOU

the one that always is to say
the worst, the cruelest of comments.
the one who never walks away,
in deepest lowest of the…

Moments

Each moment is a choice that defines our future

The Deepest Fire

There are certain spells
able to draw out 
the deepest fire
within us:

Domesticity

When you were young, 
could you imagine 
things would be just so? 
That I would read the paper
like my father
over a steaming cup of…

Becoming My Father

When I was a child, 
I thought taking long showers
was tantamount to torching a paycheck,

The Invitation of Being Alive

The invitation of being alive
is to come into a friendship with 
yourself.

The Center of Elsewhere

Let’s not forget for a moment
we are here. 
Life is happening. 
Time never stops, 
but ends.

Parenthood

Parenthood teaches us passively — 
like the ever-present drone of NPR 
ricocheting off the kitchen’s hard surfaces 
while I thumb through a…

Tiny Little Miracles

Sometimes, 
when I’m waiting in 
line at the grocery store,

Blue Hair/Black Coffee

So much depends 
upon