A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the surge of energy brought on by my realizing that I’m no longer truly dedicated to my current occupation. And while that reckoning was relieving in the clarity it brought to find my next step, it inevitably left me feeling lost. Lost, and a bit empty. The pattern… Continue reading teal ocean
If you’re particularly attune to the recent #MeToo movement, or just watch a lot of ESPN, then you’ve no doubt seen coverage of the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal that poisoned over thirty years of US Gymnastics. I take a particularly deep personal resentment to the unfolding as my younger sister is currently an active… Continue reading eerie black
There’s something almost invigorating in realizing you truly loathe something. You can feel this burning inside you with a very sure and set emotion. The potential energy of your actions is building up slowly. At the right place at the right time, you could be moved to act upon this ferocity. But it’s in those… Continue reading carmine
After a long hiatus from writing, it’s time to get back to the drawing board. I could go into the reasons why, but I won’t just yet. Let’s just say I’m going to give this thing a real go this time. To start off (again)... The topic of domestic violence and abuse is central now… Continue reading tyrian purple
Without disclosing my age, I will say I remember the 9/11 Twin Towers attacks. Not quite vividly, but it's one of those stained synapses that even at that point in my youth, I could feel was significant. I walked into our kitchen, and saw my mother hunched up on one of our pleather upholstered bar… Continue reading onyx
"So I have this friend..." You'd think by the start of that, I'm about to make some sort of read-between-the-lines remark in the act of setting up two people or asking something that's quite frankly none of my business. However, this is directly relating to a friend of mine. A very special friend that deserves… Continue reading sunglow
You know, I've had quite the internal debate over the last few days with myself over my lack of gumption. I went out of town to circumstances that did not allow me consistent internet access, and before you know it, I fell off the wagon with my writing. These last few weeks, with the goings-on… Continue reading charcoal grey
"Home is where the heart is," "the family that prays together stays together," "home away from home." All idioms or expressions that remind us of where and who we came from. And while we may try to run away, forget, or erase our roots, we are always tied in some way our point of origin.… Continue reading silver pink
I describe in my "About" section that I see life as a kaleidoscope. The same hues do not appear in the same manner twice. We will never see the same smashing together of saturations in any given span of our life, whether it be a month or a year or even an hour. Now while I… Continue reading white smoke
I'm hunched down lower behind the wall. My line of vision puts me right in the range I am targeting but I am inconspicuous enough not to be seen. My blood is pumping faster and I can begin to hear it in my ears. I engross myself in what's in my hand so I don't… Continue reading dark moss green
