The Feed

When the movers load the last box onto the truck and you are left at the edge of it all, stand in your empty apartment and sing. Let the...

I don’t know what God looks like, but I know how big the sky is. I don’t know how to fall in love, but I know that it’s happened like I...

I woke up praying today, the words already on my lips. Some days are like that. The holiness of it all finds me before my feet find the...

Today I noticed a fly trapped in the kitchen. It buzzed frantically against the cold glass window. Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. day....

Written in response to the Syria/ Turkey Earthquake, Feb. 2023

You do not know my body, the gait of my walk, the lines around my eyes, the curve of my shoulders, the dip behind my knees. You do not...

Last night I had the dream- the active shooter dream the one where we’re all together but I can’t find you. You’re in the crowd. People...

I wish I could tell my friends it will never happen to you. This gut-wrenching marriage-ending world-burning pain, it will never happen...

It began there, but we can feel it here. It’s all people are talking about. The news is always on. Would you like to sign up for a...

This morning New York froze over- a sheet of ice blanketed the city, reminding us what cold feels like. Yesterday Russia invaded Ukraine-...

For Colleyville I’ve heard that the reason birds sing in the morning is to say to one another I made it through the night. I guess that’s...

It’s better and worse all at the same time. We’ve been here before. I never liked deja vu. Some people stay optimistic, they say it’s...

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...

I write the neighbor’s names on a worn index card and tape it to the fridge- Alana and Neil, Apartment 3. I don’t want to forget. Then I...

Today I woke up on the wrong side of the bed- angry and anxious, my chest tight before the curtains even opened. Doesn’t my body know I’m...

They started by telling me that he was an amazing singer. They said- You should have heard him at the Christmas concert in December with...

Isn't it amazing how grief and joy can braid themselves together? Like water in tide pools at the beach, the water keeps coming and the...