It's taken me a long time to find my way home. Though physically residing in my childhood town – the place where it all began, you could say – I have been mentally and spiritually unmoored since my ceremonious exit from OU. Blame it on the burnout, or my deflated 'smart' persona, or even my …
Seasons: Feeling everything in 2020
I have been writing the words for this post in my mind now for weeks, maybe even months. Thoughts have been bubbling up, spilling over, fumbling over my tongue like a baby's first words. Finally, this morning, the thoughts came in a wave -- a crescendo. It's finally time to share. I've been struggling to …
Write Now: I Trust In Myself
I've been writing my way through life since I first learned how to hold a pencil. I've nearly written it all -- I've captured storybook fantasies in elementary school, responded to prompts for appraisal in middle school, reported in-depth articles, published my own poetry books, and slogged pages of research reports for my undergraduate education. …
I’m going back to school
It took 2 years, 3 jobs, and nearly 6 months of muted anticipation (I've been waiting a long time to say this!), but I have some exciting news: I am going back to school. I graduated from Ohio University two years ago to date with a plan to continue my education in critical, feminist geographies …
A Year of Cyst-Stemic Change
I awoke one Monday morning after the first of the year with an excruciating pain in my right lower abdomen. The pain appearing on the first workday after the New Year, I thought I was just experiencing fatigue, jetlag, or the side effects of major dehydration after a magical, whirlwind tour of the southeastern part …
Remember who you are
There's a lot of new things going on in my life, lately. New apartment furniture. New job. New work clothes. A (relatively) new companion in life. A new watch on my wrist. A new purse to carry all of my new credit cards (now that credit scores seem to matter...). New favorite places to eat …
