I am great at metaphors and double meanings. After this weekend I don't regret the decisions I have made these last 10 months. I don't regret saying goodbye. My reasons are my own but they are the right reasons. I... Continue Reading →
People say that grief takes time to heal. They say that time heals all wounds. They say that by remembering the lessons that your parent taught you it makes things easier. I've listened to those words for two and a... Continue Reading →
It wasn't a good night. I spent much of the night tossing or turning or refusing to sleep in fear it would all come back. On a Sunday, this is not how I intended things to work out. This is... Continue Reading →
It's summer and yet the weather has been a bit fickle. Some days its incredibly hot out. Other days there is a nip in the wind. There is a dryness in the sky. And a wetness in the clouds. Summer... Continue Reading →
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Earlier this month I talked about the struggles of fighting my depression. This month seems to be exceedingly harder than most. While I have a job I mostly love, my husband is getting healthier and stronger, my faith is looking... Continue Reading →
Darkness. It's like drowning but with no water. No matter how hard. No matter how fast. You are still a broken daughter. Heart. Shattered into tiny diamonds. Piece by piece. Sharp as knives. Left with the unnaturally, unwanted silence Mind... Continue Reading →
Record heat here in the PNW has everyone in pools, rivers, installing ACs, sitting near fans. And all I've done is sit in front of my computer, notebook, phone to write. The smoothness of my pen, the fluid strike of... Continue Reading →
I needed to write in the early hours of the morning today. I had intended to write something of happiness. Something that would depict that no matter how rocky life got things would work out, because there are some... Continue Reading →
From Sand to Gemstones 