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Parker arrives all shits and giggles. “The doctor is home, baby,” he shouts. I poke my head around the corner and he is not two feet in the door, uniform pants around his ankles. He’s just [...]

It’s ironic, really, but that’s life. I think I can lay convergence to rest. I think I can smart my way through familiar patterns and ways, like darning an old quilt. The ex writes and says he’s [...]

On the way back from BigCity, NC Noelle and I stop at the 24 Hour House of Prayer. I have been driving by it for four years and never noticed it. The humble, brown siding blended into the [...]

My advisor says I’ve got to frame my stories if I want to have any say about how my readers make meaning of them. There’s a difference between framing and an info dump, framing and [...]

Something gives way. I can feel it beneath my ribcage in the place where breath is born. I can feel it behind my eyes in the place where imagination swells. I can feel it at the corners of my [...]

On the bridge to TerabithiaI thought I might jump-fall forever into the abysmal mireof my own sweat and bloodtrade yours for mine,‘till the end of time.I thought I might spin-cradle the myth and [...]

The day begins like pulling teeth; dreadful, obligatory, and wanting of pain killers. I coach myself through the steps, remembering: transformation never moves in a straight line. The body and [...]

It was snowing and fourteen degrees outside as I zipped down the highway towards the Montessori school to sing happy-Earth-songs with the kids. But traffic slowed, and then almost completely [...]

There are updates on the website: A new photo! Sidebar with info on currently published essays! Archived News, Obsessions, & Otherwise!Official website – See updates! I’ve been hiding for [...]

And how in the morning,with my body stretched like canvasover the edge of your bed,I wanted you to tear into me,slowly unrolling that long endured tensionuntil we broke together like two trees [...]