I’d held a particular kind of anxiety in the company of other moms for a long time. Casual meetups and informal gatherings that are thought of as fun and connective for most, are the same events that caused my whole body to tighten muscle by muscle. Uneasiness moving into my body with a force that […]

Some wounds form in childhood and take decades to recognize. This is one of those stories. I don’t remember opening the window. The one with no screen on it. Nothing to filter what came in, nothing to slow things down or soften the way they landed. I had no idea the way my little heart […]

It didn’t take much. My marriage ended and my life burned down quickly – it felt like it took no more than a single match. In those first days I awoke to something much deeper than simple heartbreak. Heaviness was there. Overwhelm was there. A sadness so dense it had weight. From the moment my […]

My son overdosed a few days before Christmas. The sky was a light grey but there was no crisp bite of cold that December day. I can still remember what I wore —nothing extravagant, just something that felt quietly right. Black leggings, worn and familiar, paired with a simple black tank top. Over it, one […]