On an overcast day, I sat on a step by my family’s deck, looking out at the tree line past the roofs of nearby houses. I’d been sitting there for a while when I looked down to my right and saw a bird sitting on the step next to me. It looked like a sparrow,Continue reading “Sucker-Punched by Beauty Ninjas”
Category Archives: Reflective Essay
What We Do When the Lights Go Out
What are you afraid of? On any given day, the list of reasons to be worried can seem overwhelming. Sickness. Debt. Loneliness. Failure. Political injustice. Death. We navigate a landscape of murky shapes and looming shadows, picking our way through the charred rubble of past losses, heartbreaks, and catastrophes. Bewildered by what we’ve encountered andContinue reading “What We Do When the Lights Go Out”
Words for Wayfarers 