197: Please Do
Release the tension in your jaw. Allow the pillow to hold the weight of your head. Have a scone. Have four! Press the crumbs into your...
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Feb 14, 20221 min read
193: Valentine's Day Plans
People said what are your plans? And I said well, we will obviously eat pie with fresh whipped cream. We’ll probably ask for more. And we...
Feb 14, 20221 min read
192: Joy Map
If I was to draw a map of my joy like dots in a constellations or pegs in a light bright or all those google map pins there would be a...
Jan 24, 20221 min read
187: Long-Distance Friendships
A million text notifications The video of your baby eating sweet potatoes The flowers you sent when my grandfather died Airbnb wishlists...
Jan 21, 20221 min read
186: Magic
Your birthday is coming up and I will probably get you another tie or a new shirt, maybe a book you don’t need. You could add it to the...
Jan 15, 20221 min read
184: January
It’s the second week of January and I haven’t offered an eloquent prayer this week. I haven’t written a poem that moves me as immediately...
Jan 8, 20221 min read
181: House Calls
I don’t often have heavy days. When sadness makes her house calls I’m usually so far down the list that she doesn’t get to me. She spends...
Jan 5, 20221 min read
180: What 2021 Taught Me
Bok choy is a hidden gem. The end of Elf, when everybody sings, is enough hope to make me cry. People are more than just their names. I...
Dec 30, 20211 min read
178: New Year
We are driving through the hills of Georgia dreaming about owning an A-frame and what we might name our kids one day and if we can cook...
Dec 24, 20211 min read
177: How Does A Weary World Rejoice?
I think delayed Christmas cards count- the ones with the haphazard stamps, mailed three weeks late. I think the way you get down on all...
Dec 21, 20211 min read
176: Longest Night
I remember when the sun stretched out over the sky lingering in the corners between buildings and tree limbs freckling you with...
Dec 14, 20211 min read
174: The Best Thing
Maybe the best part about having adults that love you is the way they bring you soup when you get your appendix out or the way they check...
Dec 14, 20211 min read
173: A list of things that make me so happy I could cry
The smell of bookstores, the way toddlers clap with full palms, evenings in front of a fireplace, the old couples in the park who take...
Dec 9, 20211 min read
172: The Difference Between Happiness and Joy
Inspired by the book Joy Even On Your Worst Day by Tom Are, Jr. Happiness is this seasonal latte is delicious thank you for bringing me...
Dec 6, 20211 min read
171: Storage
There are some days that are “remember me” days- days that beg to be saved in the maze of our memory. Days like yesterday where you took...
Nov 28, 20211 min read
169: Advent
My tradition has the gift of seasons- blocks of time that tell us that things can become new again. We can become new again. Creation...
Nov 4, 20211 min read
164: Every Time
Every time I see the moon I will point it out because it will never stop being beautiful. And every time you sneeze I will bless you...
Oct 2, 20211 min read
157: The Last Time I Cried
The last time I cried was in a dimly lit bar tables scattered merely 20 in attendance. The music man at the mic said raise a glass Let’s...
Oct 2, 20211 min read
154: How To Build A Life
You walk yourself home and repeat the names of the subway stops as you go. You buy yourself a latte at the corner store and try to...
Oct 2, 20211 min read
153: New York Taught Me
New York taught me- you don’t need a lot if you have a big window, a favorite coffee mug, some good walking shoes. You don’t need the...
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