Essays + Narratives

My counselor sits across from me in a green wingback chair, her eyes wide and kind behind black cat eyeglasses. Instead of meeting her gaze, I steal glances at the bowl of brittle potpourri to my left. The too-squishy couch feels lopsided beneath me, as unmanageable as my emotions. I’ve spent years trying not to […]

I cried when I found out I was pregnant with my third baby. Heart-sinking sobs on my bathroom floor. We were done having babies. Our life was finding roots and growing into all the things we’d dreamed about. We were finally feeling settled, just us and our two girls. I sold all of my baby […]

Summary and Guest Bios:  Today’s episode marks the last week of April’s theme, Living in the Tension, and this conversation is all about finding hard-fought hope in the midst of the heaviest grief. In this episode, Britt holds space for some difficult yet encouraging conversations surrounding miscarriage, infant loss, and disrupted adoptions with guests, Christa […]

I am an Enneagram 3—a success-oriented, overachiever. Diabetes doesn’t fit the perfect mold I envision for my life.  Driven by the image of holding it together, diabetes has left me unhinged. For years, I didn’t allow myself to grieve the loss of a body that had failed me. Diabetes comes with the stereotypes of not […]

Summary and Guest Bio: In the seventh episode of the She is Kindred Podcast, Britt and Alex Cox talk about navigating chronic illness in everyday life, parenthood, and holding onto hope through it all.  Alex Cox is a reader, teacher, and writer balancing life with autoimmune diseases while carving out spaces for creativity. She lives […]

My oldest daughter, Ellie, clutched my hand. Her four-year-old eyes peaked over her mask, wide with anticipation. After a year of pandemic living, I finally agreed to bring her along on an errand and her excitement was palpable, just like my nerves. I took a deep breath, reiterating to myself that the nursery and plant […]