because life goes on
Yeah well so…gardens. Specifically, my garden. The one I planted so carefully. Seriously, I actually measured the distance between my […]
when the week goes by too fast
I know it’s not something a lot of people complain about. I sorta wish more of us did, though. I […]
don’t get too comfortable
We really don’t like change. Humans, I mean. It’s not that we don’t want things to get better – we […]
how to be creative
I used to sit down to write every single morning, with a carefully thought-out list of topics, outlined well, and […]
the story you want to tell
Every life tells a story. Yours. Mine. The ones we know and the ones we don’t know. Every life tells […]
the next right step
You know you don’t have to know it all right now, right? You just have to know the next right […]
first, you have to start
It’s hard to know where to begin. You know? Where to begin, how to begin, what to actually do… It’s […]
daring to fail
An edited post from the archives, because sometimes you just need to be reminded. Of how brave you really can […]
the way to more
There’s nothing quite so intimidating as a blank page. At least for a writer. At least for a writer who […]
a way to stop comparing, and start connecting
She’s not perfect, you know. That mom on the playground with those kids dressed-to-match and her with her matching shoes-and-bag? […]
the first day
So the truth is that the truth you just might need to hear today – might just need to really […]
there’s a first time for everything
They say that there’s a first time for everything. The first bike ride (without the training wheels). The first kiss […]
the one thing all creatives must do
A lot of people think that all creative work begins with an idea, a spark of inspiration, a visit by […]
and so forward we go
It’s his last week home, college-man who’s grown up in what really was the blink of an eye. Really. Yeah, […]
dance your own dance
The noise can be deafening, the distractions relentless, the pace unsustainable. If you let them. We live in a world […]
where life is really lived
I pull in about twenty minutes late, follow that circle of asphalt past well-manicured lawn and landscaping, up to the […]
learn as if you were to live forever
Check-lists, task-lists, to-do-lists. Lists of what it is that we want to do, plan to do, really, really need to […]
stubbornly refuse to be anything else
It hit me like a ton of bricks. Metaphorically speaking, of course. That I can be…me. Just me. I can […]
these are the good old days
“And tomorrow we might not be together I’m no prophet and I don’t know nature’s ways So I’ll try and […]
the very best place to be
He towers over me, this son of mine, the first one. Actually all three of them tower over me now. […]