Songwriting Sunday
Last week was my son's birthday and I drove to Tennessee to spend the week with him to celebrate. During that time, we drove to Nashville...
Battle! Me vs., uh, Me???
Yeah that title captured the complicated battle within me. The real me against the me I think I'm supposed to be...the stifled me. The...
Look at Who I Love
My poignant revelation this week set me free! As a Christian, I live with the false idea that I need to be perfect, because people are...
Writing Through Impostor's Syndrome
Good morning writing world! I was watching Live T.V. through my Amazon Fire T.V. Stick yesterday and experienced the most affirming...
Why I Love Writing: Feelings Revealed
This morning was a revelation. A truth bomb hit me as I typed on my work laptop. The more I typed to tackle a cumbersome work document,...
Pop Up Writing in Baytowne Wharf
While visiting the exciting Baytowne Wharf that was void of visitors, I was inspired to write out my feelings. This location was once the...
Life Sucks and Then You Die?
Call me Mara. That's where I'm at, where Naomi was, from the Book of Ruth in the Bible. She had lost her husband and her sons and was...
Poem: Tear-Shaped Pain
Always a poet, lately I've been experimenting with shaped poems, where I write the poem into a corresponding shape. It's challenging and...
Poem: 'Lil Bit of Light
The harshness of you hits and strangles my hope absorbs everything in the room Sops all of life up like a towel. Takes all that makes me...
Being Relevant
When I was a pious 25-year-old who was going to change the world because no one else knew how, I had a job at a dress shop. It was a...
