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I’ve Witnessed His Provisions
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3 min read
There were four seasons in my adult life that I found myself unemployed and in desperate need of income. The first was in 2013. I was a divorced mother of four at this point, moved into an apartment (my first as a single mom), and realized that the financial resource I was counting on was…
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Good For Her
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3 min read
There have been two occasions in the past ten years where I found it particularly hard to let go of someone after the relationship ended. I constantly obsessively thought about them, to the point where I made myself sick. I’d be frustrated and furious over the one-sided obsession. Why hasn’t he reached out? Wasn’t he…
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A Writer That Doesn’t Write Anymore
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2 min read
It occurred to me a few weeks ago that, as a writer, I really don’t write anymore. That is, I don’t write for myself. I can count on one hand how many times I’ve written for creative pleasure in the past 5 years. And that makes me sad. What’s even more alarming is that beyond…