More Essays
The Five Stages of Being Cut from the Varsity Soccer Team
During the water break, you found your place between chalky goose turds in the spiky grass. No teammates talked to you, not even your friends.
Notes from the Threshold
You don't need a map to find your bearings. You only need to notice which way your heart is already pointing. What still feels true when everything else feels negotiable.
Monkey Bars
Whatever is in that closet is the final tether to the daughter I once had before she went no-contact.
On Other Shores
I’m humbled by a grace that continually reminds me of how very deep all our lives run, the need for acceptance, the distance we’ve come and have yet to go.
Epiphany
I’d spent a lifetime keeping a mental tally of all the things that my mother did not teach me.
Selective Hearing: Now Available in Bluetooth
I’m starting to think selective hearing isn’t a problem as much as an evolutionary advantage.
The Buzzcut: A Story of Rebellion and Self-Discovery
But at thirteen, all I saw was someone who made a buzzcut look like poetry.
The Frankenstein Bike
Bike, for me, meant one step closer to Me, to Adult, to Man, but I didn’t know how to explain this to her.
25 Weeks
There’s also the question “Is your stomach larger?” to which I wish to retort “Am I pregnant or not?” and “I’ll let you know if I miscarry in which case
Newly Repaired
Life doesn’t have an Undo button, but this felt a little like a reset. A restoration. Providence.
