The Boundary Lines of My Broken Body
October 30, 2023
This essay originally appeared on Calla Press Literary Journal. Somewhere between rage-cleaning the kitchen and a ten-minute tidy, I decide it’s time. I reach into
Category: Personal Essays
Lessons from My Garden
September 28, 2023
The leaves are starting to take a turn toward their fall colors here in Ohio, but I’m still gathering zinnias in my garden. The tree
Gifts Forged in Grief
August 4, 2023
When plunking piano keys and singing at the top of my lungs turned to boredom, I asked to go outside. “Sure, baby. By the way,
I Didn’t Choose the Writing Life
May 25, 2020
I know of a sacred place—sacred to me anyway. Walk alongside the rose bushes by my Mamaw’s dusty blue house, pass by the strawberry garden
Will I Still Sing as Loud?
February 6, 2020
After lying in a dentist chair for three hours, I finally walked to the front desk to check out. What was done was done—no turning