Sometimes “I’ll be there” is just hitting playon the same Netflix show at the same time,states apart.After the kids are in bed, while the toys are still strewn aboutand there is so much work Continue Reading
What are they saying in the rooms you aren’t in?The rooms you may not enter, according to them.The spaces where they freely say what they think about youWhere they crack their jokes, and Continue Reading
I thought the tree was beautiful,Covered in red and yellow, hints of goldAnd I knew the tree to be as strong as it was tallAnd the seasons changed and the leaves Continue Reading
You heard her story But needed every detail before you’d believeNeeded her to lay herself bareRequired her to tell it a certain wayAnd do the work to make you care You simply Continue Reading
I started therapy this year for the first time. I’d been meaning to, and with some things coming up in life that were sure to be stressful I thought it was Continue Reading
“God is good”, the preacher proclaims “All the time”, comes the congregants refrain They say their amens, and gather their things Off to see what another week brings Armed with the Continue Reading
Another assignment from the writing class. The assignment was to write a letter to a former version of ourselves. Dear Middle School Me, It’s 1997, and you’re at that awkward stage. Continue Reading
A few years ago I was driving home from a friend’s house on a Wednesday afternoon, and I called my grandmother to check in. When she answered she sounded off, her Continue Reading
I originally created this website to keep track of travels, but with 2020 putting those on hold it looks like it’s going to be a space to keep track of all Continue Reading
I find it offensiveThat the world can changewith such little warning, A bit of joy, a bit of pain That life doesn’t ask Before it takes, before it givesThat I don’t get to offerOr Continue Reading
In my early 30’s I found myself in a state of wanting whatever season I was in to be over so I could know how it all turned out. Not a Continue Reading
You spoke up - they yelled to drown you outTheir red face, clenched fistsCreating confusion and doubt You were loud - they were just louderYou were strong - but they held the Continue Reading
I recently moved into my friends house. It’s on the water, surrounded by nature, and is away from the noise I was accustomed to. Because of this I imagined myself taking Continue Reading
Gather around, the men are here to speak Open up your ears, they’re here to lead To teach you all the ways in which God made you weak To remind you Continue Reading
It's June 2020, and I've taken one trip this year- a trip to NYC by myself the first weekend of the year. The plan after that was to stay home for Continue Reading
It’s interesting watching people post about their decade- the ups and the downs, the accomplishments and the disappointments. This was the first decade for me that really couldn’t be measured by Continue Reading
I’m what you’d call “super claustrophobic”, and as a result I really don’t enjoy flying. I love to BE at new locations but I don’t love the process of GETTING there Continue Reading
https://youtu.be/QpdXin0-6Xs I’ve never really thought much about visiting Hawaii before- probably because it’s one of those places that seems unattainable from the time you’re a kid. But, my good friend moved Continue Reading
The best part of working from home is that it doesn’t always have to be home. Last month I was able to go to Hilton Head with some friends of mine Continue Reading
My friend Elizabeth and I have been saying for years we wanted to take the Coast Starlight train from California up to Portland, and finally decided to make it happen this Continue Reading
One of my favorite cities to visit is New York City. There are always fun things to do, and once you get yourself to the city it’s pretty easy to get Continue Reading
https://youtu.be/XeXKL1exTwo Me and 3 of my childhood friends have talked about going to Switzerland together for some time, and I’d started wondering if a trip like that could work out. Well, Continue Reading
https://youtu.be/IlF6H8fwoRI Blogs were super helpful when we were planning out trip to Iceland, so here's some info that might be useful for others! FLIGHTSWe found tickets from Baltimore to Reykjavik for Continue Reading
On Wednesday we decided to do the Golden Circle. This is a route that offers lots of different things like a crater, geysers, a waterfall, and a national park. Because of Continue Reading
We didn’t head out for the day until about 10, because we were all moving real slow with the time change, and the exhaustion from the 2 days of getting to Continue Reading