The Threads I Return To

People sometimes ask me, “Why do you write so much about love?” The truth is, love has been both my greatest teacher and my most painful wound, and it’s the one thing we all carry, no matter who we are or who we love. The same is true of grief: it spares no one, and … Continue reading The Threads I Return To →

Happiness Is Hard to Write

Funny thing, I’ve written thousands of words about heartbreak, bad dates, messy breakups, you name it. Pain flows onto the page like it has somewhere to go. Writing it feels natural, urgent, even necessary. There’s a rhythm to it, a momentum, feel it, bleed it onto the page, repeat. Happiness? Not so much. Since getting … Continue reading Happiness Is Hard to Write →

Second Books and Breathing

and...breathe. I have been learning how to breathe again. Not the automatic kind, but the slower kind, stepping away from people’s noise, not getting involved, holding back my energy on my days off, just being with myself, and of course my husband too. Trying to find some peace, or at least work towards it. I … Continue reading Second Books and Breathing →

I Have Questions (poem)

I have questions for you But I am older I'd love to take a shovel into my soft hands and dig But I am happy Motives and motivations lurk inside my shadow like devils But I am whole Memories mean nothing when they are broken But I am golden, Kintsugi I have questions for you … Continue reading I Have Questions (poem) →

Beautifully Unfinished

Through life, so many roads lead to nowhere but does that mean we can’t enjoy the journey? So many stories beautifully unwritten, but does that mean they never happened? Were never lived? All of You are my scars and I have learned to love each and every one, each a reminder of the beautiful disaster … Continue reading Beautifully Unfinished →

77 days

Absent for 77 days. Damn that's a long time! I wish I had a better excuse than the ones I'm about to make but quite frankly, I don't. Talk about writers block...I guess it wasn't a case of not having anything to say but yet having too much to say. So much so that it … Continue reading 77 days →

That’s Their Opinion

What is love? What does love mean to you? Do you crave it? Have you already obtained it? I asked a variety of people what love meant to them and this is what they had to say! VH - Unconditional. AL - Companionship, trust, affection and loyalty. KC - What's love got to do with … Continue reading That’s Their Opinion →

Hidden Messages

To my love, Never in a million years did i think I'd meet someone like you. The confidence you've given me and the hope you've shown me is something I can never thank you enough for! One day you'll read this note and i hope it makes you smile. One day soon we will live … Continue reading Hidden Messages →

Delete

Delete One after another and repeat I watched our Christmas disappear first Your birthday vanished soon after With every hit of the button, the knot in my stomach tightened Delete I opened the file, Paris Emotions torn from my mind Faded were your eyes the whole time Gone now though to a place I’ll never … Continue reading Delete →

Crying Wolf

Road cones and crying wolf We are driving through the dark Your hands are on the wheel But your teeth surround my heart And I am happy thought I’m crying Tears are pooling in my gut As I feel your eyes upon me Accelerator under foot.