Essays + Narratives

“So I’ve been thinking about something…and I think we need to talk about it,” I said nervously over our dodgy Skype connection. Why did the picture always have to be so pixelated? Wouldn’t it be nice to just have one conversation while seeing his face clearly?  “What is it?” He asked.  I had gone back […]

She’s the one you don’t hesitate to text or callor justshow up on her doorstep,suitcase in the trunk, packed with brasthat have been outgrown,the green shirt with the holethat you can’t bring yourself to toss,and a marriage that has expired,rotted past its good-until date. She’s the one who hearsthrough your words,finds the tremble in your […]

TRIGGER WARNING: mention of stillborn/infant death SUMMARY AND GUEST BIO: In the fourth episode of the She is Kindred Podcast, Britt chats with three of her closest friends, Erica Pitchers, Elysia King, and Eva Robinson. Together, they have been through both joyful and tumultuous seasons of life and have found ways to love well in […]

We met as teenagers entering adulthood, the way young college students do – through mutual friends and shared love interests. I was reserved and guarded; Erica was extroverted and unexpected. Our first conversation was at a dingy IHOP booth, in the thick of Missouri summers, where the cracked blue plastic cushions stick to your legs […]

“You know how there are some things you can tell your military spouse friends before you tell your in-real-life friends?”  My eyes scan the text as it flashes on the kitchen counter. Wiping off my peanut butter and jelly fingers on the kitchen towel, I pick up my phone and slide my thumb across the […]

In the third episode of the She is Kindred Podcast, Britt and Alexandra (Alex) Wright, the She Is Kindred Community Coordinator, dive into what it looks like when friendships change over time and how we can still move forward with grace even when we’re they’re over. They chat about things that aren’t always discussed when it comes to forging thriving communities. Britt and Alex share how we can learn to live with our eyes wide open. Through their discussion on friendship and community, we can acknowledge that people carry their own stories with them, and as their stories intertwine with ours, we forge new narratives together to learn and grow and change.