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  • Changing Shape

    If someone looked only at the statistics of my life, they might summarize it with a short sentence: three marriages, three divorces. Numbers are tidy that way. They flatten years of love, struggle, growth, and change into something that looks like 1 simple fact from the outside. But real relationships are not tidy. They are… Read more

  • On The Flip Side (Seven, part 2)

    I shared about Felix’s good day, and I truly am grateful when he’s happy. But here’s the part people don’t see. Felix has a total of six adult siblings. He has two grandmas. He has uncles. He has extended family on both sides. And yet when it comes to birthdays, holidays, or just ordinary life…… Read more

  • Euphoria

    Euphoria feels like your chest cracked open and light rushed in, like gravity briefly lost interest in you and let you float an inch above your own life. Colors sharpen, your body hums, and for a rare, suspiciously generous moment, everything makes sense and hurts less at the same time. While I’ve certainly been through… Read more

  • Strangers

    I wish you stayed a stranger. I don’t think there was some grand plan behind us —I think the universe just slipped up.Got careless.Looked away for a second,and by the time it turned back around,we had collided.And the damage was already done. I don’t think you were some beautiful lesson.I don’t think you made me… Read more

  • A Learning Moment

    I had a dream the night before last. I was in the ocean, far away from any land, and the skies and waters were stormy. I was being thrown back and forth, front to back, and flipped almost in circles. I had no power to stop it. Once I realized that and relaxed, knowing I… Read more