car wrecks and candles
Snow is falling from the trees. Yesterday, it fell from the sky. I’m cozy beneath two blankets, my eyes ever on the window to my right. Drip. Drip. Green begins to appear as the sun slowly but surely melts the many inches of snow that fell for hours,...
Your Story Is Far From Over
There’s this game I like to play and it never fails to catch people by surprise. Here’s how it works: I invite someone to grab coffee and once we’ve found a comfortable seat, our hands wrapped around a cup of something delicious, I look into their eyes and say these...
The Next Right Thing (How 2,000 Words Changed My Life)
Somehow two years have gone by and yet this is still the face I make when I think about that day. Exactly two years ago, I opened up a blank page and wrote 2,000 words. It felt like breaking wide open, like an offering poured out. Also, it felt crazy. But I wrote...
here we are, one year later
For 73 days I sat on a secret. Which isn’t that long, really, since I waited an entire year before saying anything about my tattoo. 365 days ago I shared the news I had written and rewritten in my head a minimum of fifteen times: So, I wrote a book. (#what) Not...
One Easy Way to Share Your Story Today (Even if You’re Scared)
Do you believe your story matters? Before it’s all wrapped up with a bow? Right now, in the middle of the mess and the unknown? In between bills and dreams and the seemingly ordinary? I do. I believe it does. If something is tugging inside, prompting you to open...
A book for the broken hopefuls… Even If Not: Living, Loving, and Learning in the in Between
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