A Day in the Mind of Millennial

Being a millennial is lying awake at night thinking, “Oh shit, the bees! The bees are dying and if they die, we die. I have to do something about it!” It’s getting out my phone and researching what I can do to help save the bees. It’s waking up my husband and asking him if … Continue reading →

Tie-Die and Bleached Soul

What makes us, us? The fundamental things or things that make up our being, are they the things we can’t change or the things we don’t want to? Are they the things we like and want to nurture and foster and grow or are they the things that we can’t run away from or weed … Continue reading →

Next stage

This is my process. Tried and true and dependably mine. Each step is one I’ve walked before if not more slowly and more quickly at the the same time right now. I’ll skip the emptiness thank you. I’ve too much life to live to not be present in it. I’d rather feel it. When you … Continue reading →

“They got the best of me!” “Don’t let them get the best of you.” “You’ll never get the best of me again.” We say it like it’s a weakness, for someone to get the best of us. It’s treated like something that we shouldn’t be giving out.Something that must be earned. The very best of … Continue reading →

Running on empty

 I don’t feel any which way about this anymore. I keep trying to find something, nothing. You’re becoming that person again. The one who drains everyone who loves them, anyone who cares, dry. Take, take, take. And here I am being what I need to be. Nothing more, nothing less. You say that you know … Continue reading →

Protected: Talking, not Talking

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The Laid out Life. Part II

When I was about sixteen or seventeen, I wrote down the things that I wanted to do with my life. I wrote three careers and the pros and cons as I saw them. They were: an international aid worker, an owner of a coffeehouse, and a missionary.  I looked at the themes, the reasons why … Continue reading →