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Today’s Mixed Bag is a fictional short story that includes self-harm, an eating disorder and panic attack. Please be careful reading. I answered my…
Jan 16, 2023
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September 2022
Back Around The Other Way
It is such an absurd concept to me that we are all just walking around, hearts ready to be broken. That no amount of inner work or self awareness, no…
Sep 26, 2022
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April 2022
Monday
I think one of the things many of us enjoy about Holy Week is how it segments out the human experience—the feast, the anguish, the dying, the waiting…
Apr 18, 2022
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Nine
Audrey, You’re nine now. It’s strange. We talk a lot these days about how I’ve known you since you were a baby—a handful of potential who I rocked in…
Apr 11, 2022
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February 2022
Wind is making it feel colder.
Cold Cold Cold It is so cold Why is it so cold Please stop being cold
Feb 28, 2022
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Lunch Bench #2
There’s a bench near the Met where, when the weather allows, I have my lunch most Tuesdays. The black paint is chipped on the swirly metal arms, worn…
Feb 21, 2022
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Your Move
It’s a Jenga block being slid out of the tower of your life in slow motion—anything new. One move could cause life to come crashing down, again, or it…
Feb 7, 2022
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January 2022
A Table Before Me
I am choosing easy right now—paper plates and relationships that feel uncomplicated. A few nights ago, I was thinking about what I wanted and why. I…
Jan 31, 2022
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Circles
Tck. Her eyes follow the big imaginary circle. Tck. The white handles are well worn, years of dirt in the ridges. Tck. The rope is that medium purple…
Jan 24, 2022
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where
Embrace “her” baby body brokenness Baby Body forever Demand Demand Demand No returns Final sale Bold letters Scream Pay attention Acknowledge Body I am…
Jan 17, 2022
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December 2021
On Sobbing
Things I sobbed about this week (an abbreviated list): Elizabeth Warren not being president my Christmas tree falling over half a dozen times, several…
Dec 20, 2021
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A Christmas Liturgy
God Near to Us Father who asks for hope Son who is hope Spirit who hopes for us We hold tight to you thank you Mother who holds us Brother who knows how…
Dec 13, 2021
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