My lab-mix pup, Bella, hurried me out the door extra early today for her morning walk around the park. Evidently no one gave her the memo about daylight savings time and I was still mildly perturbed... Read more >>

What is it about the “pocket” we wear that is hidden, yet exposed in so many ways? If I carried one thing in my pocket that was important to me, it would be my true thoughts—as we... Read more >>

I remember being eighteen and wishing I was not that girl. I did not really have a concept of wanting to be older, hence wiser. But I just knew, fundamentally, I did not want to be eighteen. I... Read more >>

When it turns on you, that beginning of the year list—the one with the identifiers “I will … so that I can …” can be worse than a pack of yapping Chihuahuas. This year,... Read more >>

I’m a self-confessed insecure kind of person. Insecure with a lot of things. I guess my insecurities stems from the fact that really society have their standards of beauty and unfortunately I... Read more >>

This morning I was home by myself sitting in front of my computer. Thinking of so many things in my life and what I want to do with myself. I’m here at home dreaming but I’m so afraid to... Read more >>

I walked toward my closet but I could not bring myself to open it. Scared of what may be lurking from the past. I walked toward my closet ashamed of the bones I might find. Horrified by the... Read more >>

I was taught, as many children are, to respect their elders. I carried this perspective into my schooling. In junior high, I was all about getting straight A’s. I respected my teachers because I... Read more >>

This past weekend was spent with the girls. I trek up to Wisconsin and we take our yearly trip to the biggest fall craft show I’ve ever been to. It’s a lot of fun. A crisp fall day, spiked... Read more >>