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Continue reading →: HomesteadyI’ve heard so many times that happiness is a choice…like the ones who can’t achieve it simply aren’t trying hard enough. I’ve made the decision, in earnest, every day for too many months to count now — so why wasn’t it working?
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Continue reading →: 19 MilesSome days are easier. Some days I find myself panicking in the current, staring upstream, looking for God.
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Continue reading →: 6th StreetI’ve been silent for so long that sometimes it feels like I’ve forgotten how to speak. In-person. Hidden behind a screen. Can my mouth still form words? Can my fingers still find their way on these keys? I’ve been sitting in the driver’s seat for so long, going nowhere. Hands…
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Continue reading →: Like a MotherI stood at the foot of the hill as my son came soaring down the grass on his first two-wheeled bike. His legs were stretched out on either side of him as he coasted downward, on his own for the first time. His hands gripped the handlebars until his knuckles…
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Continue reading →: The GatheringWe sat on the front porch as the California Summer died around us, coffee cups in hand. It was time for the daily 10am cup outside. I had only been there a few days, but after one of the worst years of my life, I’d wanted to run from my…
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Continue reading →: The LeapI made the leap when I was 12. It wasn’t too high – just high enough to make me hesitate a moment before launching off of that brick dividing wall. I knew as soon as I landed on my feet that something had gone wrong. I had just been playing,…
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Continue reading →: Sunrise
The last year had taken a toll on all of us. The war had thickened the air and clogged our throats, and words came slower now. The town was smaller now.
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Continue reading →: The Woods
It’s been 7 years today. 7 years since we left my home. 7 years since we started the journey North to make a new one. I left the ocean to make a home within the woods, and I spent half the years I’ve been here deep within them. But I’m…
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Continue reading →: Choices
I think about her once in a while. Even more in the winter, when the sky leans in close and the trees start whispering old stories. I imagine the way her red hair might have come loose as small hands fought for her attention day after day. I imagine the…
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Continue reading →: Story Tellers
Another day had almost escaped us. The sun was growing tired as we finally dragged heavy feet through our front door with our 7 week old boy in tow, but it was almost Christmas. I wanted a tree. Somewhere out there I knew one waited, just hoping to come home…



