How to Lose a Bestie

Ode to an Ex-Best Friend

The Boy and the Fig Tree

Every time I start making changes in my life, my mind wanders back to the passage about the fig tree in Sylvia…

The Limits of Grace

or: We Accept the Grace We Think We Deserve

Come Smoke Yourself a Marshmallow

Is It Really FOMO When You’ve Actually Missed Out?

Walking in this World With a Heavy Heart

I have been under the weather for the last couple of days; the kind of under the weather…

Me in the Circus Mirror: Life with my Inner Editor

Survivors, on Ordinary Mornings

It’s been almost nine years, and I can’t believe it. I try to wrap my head around that fact, but it…

When the Writing Worries Come Knocking

I’ve been working on my first draft of The Grave Thereafter for almost two and a half…