Essays + Narratives

He won’t fit in this little bike seat much longer. The straps are getting tight, and his legs already reach the footrests. By reach, I mean that I have to finagle his straightened legs past my handlebars in just a way to get them to fit but also not scrape his shins.  The neon green […]

As I turn the corner of our steps, the sunflower seed carpet lush beneath my feet, I see the clear strips of money stuck to our walls first. Some bills lay crumpled on the floor, folded in on themselves in an adhesive mess. Others are clean lines on the wall, only identifiable by the sheen […]

Seventeen. Still a child, becoming a mother.  The man in the white coat says, “Today is the day.” Fear crashes over her like a wave.  “I’m not ready.” She breathes anxiety into a paper bag: in and out in and out Rising Falling Tighten Release She’s always loved the ocean.  Watching the waves wash in […]

We all have lines, or scripts running through our heads at all times. They have been formed by our experience. Sometimes they contain truth, and other times they are false truths that have been fabricated by the voice of shame. Most of the time they attack our “enough.” They can be anything we say to […]

To explain the unfathomable,  A gift inconceivable  Is daunting and easy and– To call or describe  This one thing, impossible  The swiftest of time  The sweetest of miracles. The magic and mystery,  The littlest atoms  And somehow the greatest of love  One can’t fathom.  It’s perfection in you  (imperfection, too)  It’s teaching  And learning  And […]

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 […]