I have watched for years as a Facebook acquaintance grappled with the loss of her sister from cancer. First, it was news of bad tests. Then, it was the hope of remission. Then, more bad tests. Then, less hope. Then, it was only a matter...
I open this page a lot. I write some words. I erase them. I try again. I close the page. When I first filed for divorce about a year ago I was still taking night classes at The University of Washington. It was my last semester...
I've been studying writing and literary fiction at the University of Washington for the last two years. I've learned oodles about the craft of writing and story telling and I love it so. It makes my brain hurt and my heart soar and my soul...
Yesterday my daughter and I had an exchange that brought me to instant tears. Big, sudden, happy, relieved, awe-inspired tears. A couple of weeks ago we were in Hawaii. Much of it was a wonderful experience, but there was one particularly poignant and memorable moment with...
As much as I would like to be the kind of person who hears lines of poetry narrating their day-to-day life...
Today, I went to a second yoga session on my trip to Nicaragua. It will likely be my last here as we leave for home in a couple of days. It has been an illuminating, exciting and utterly exhausting trip. Caring for two toddlers is...
Grace. It was the word the yoga instructor asked us to think about moments before starting our 90 minute practice on Thanksgiving morning. This annual, Thanksgiving class is free, but donations are accepted to benefit a nonprofit organization and this year it was Yoga Behind Bars....