The Coat I Choose: A Story About Womanhood and Survival
The Urban Mom A friend asked me what coat I am choosing to wear this year. She gave…
Read moreThe Christmas I Was Told My Body Was Shame
I remember that winter as if it were now. I was 11. No one knew,…
Read moreThe Christmas That Gave Birth to Me
I was not born in a maternity ward.I was born in a Christmas. A Christmas…
Read moreWhen Numbness Melts
Numbness never arrives like a hurricane.It doesn’t slam doors open, it doesn’t make noise.Numbness comes…
Read moreMesmerized
Your light fell over melike a quiet spell;no thunder, no warning,just the soft unravelingof everything…
Read moreTwo Women Inside Me
Inside me live two women,like two sisters who never learned to share the same room.…
Read moreInvisible Threads
You came into the world 15 years after me, like an undeserved gift placed in…
Read moreStop Emoticoning, Start Emoting: The Courage to Speak in Full Size
“Stop emoticoning and start emoting.” I got used to masking my feelings in small, round,…
Read moreThe Autumn Fruit of Me: When My Inside Tells a Different Story
One autumn morning, I found something that looked like a watermelon. I looked closely and…
Read moreWhen Faith Meets Silence: Reclaiming My Voice from Misused Scripture
I sat so many times in the pew, Sunday after Sunday, listening to those words…
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