Last week the sky graced us with a mavelous display known as the northern lights. I was tired, spent, still recovering physically from a head cold and drained due to a big impending work deadline. But I wanted to see the lights. I yearned to, especially during a week where the beauty felt dim amid …
It’s the first week of August, and to be honest, I thought the end of Summer would look different than this… I, in my naivety, hoped I’d have an agent by now. I’ve been querying since the end of January… half a year. And I’ve received over 60 rejections. Recently I’ve been following the success …
This years holy week coincides with a very special day for me. Today, exactly 7 years ago, my husband and I went on our first date. So much had led up to this day. Years of admiration and affection, buried deep and left unspoken, finally given the room to breathe, to grow, to be known, …
Hello again. It’s been a while. I’m sitting here at my favorite coffee shop, a steaming mug of nutty El Salvador coffee to my left and this beautiful, blank screen in front of me. “Here comes the Sun” by the Beatles is playing and Christmas lights in the rafters twinkle around me. I am grateful …
“If only we wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.” — CHARLES DE MONTESQUIEU A couple months ago, I posted a poll on Instagram asking my followers the question- “If you could, …