Draft 1 She stood on the edge, staring into the blue below her, trying as hard as she could to see how deep the water was, assessing how many rocks there were beneath the waves. Choppy water splashed against the… Read More »Writing Prompt: A Metaphor for Escaping Fear and Self Judgement
My days in high school went a little something like this. Wake up at 5:30, brush teeth, get clothes on, make the bed, lay down for another few minutes, grab breakfast on the way out or eat it at school.… Read More »Devotion
The girl couldn’t have been older than 18 years old, but there was a cunning about her, a maturity behind the eyes that not many girls her age possessed. She had long dark hair that was pulled into a soft… Read More »The spy
I talk a lot about music because it’s just that important to me. And I do play music often in my house. But it’s not just having music around me that is important, it’s having the right music and it’s… Read More »The Silence Matters Too
I often worry that I don’t have enough new content. And I don’t think it’s just me. Just look at how many fashion seasons there are and how often trends change, how many new albums we expect from musical artists… Read More »Why is New Always Better?
Tonight, as I was cleaning the kitchen, the final step we take before putting the kids to bed, I was listening to my current audiobook, The Midnight Library. I heard Ben reading to the kids. And as I listened to… Read More »This is a good life
The car took the curves well. She thought about this as she sat in the back on the plush leather seats. In the driver’s seat sat her new friend and in the passenger’s seat sat her best friend. She hadn’t… Read More »A drive through the mountains of Utah, a quick observation
I’ve written about how much I love traveling with my kids before, but recently, I’ve had a few people ask me about what I do to make travel smooth, so I thought I’d give a little insight. I honestly think… Read More »Traveling with Toddlers
If I wasn’t so completely embarrassed by it, I would send songs to all my friends and family members to express how I feel. It’s a much more effective form of communication than talking, in my opinion. I once took… Read More »Love Language
I said, two posts ago, that I would give some insight into the things I’ve learned from various personal projects that I’ve done. I’ve shown some of these images before, but now I’ll go into a bit of detail on… Read More »What I learned from working with Gillian Murphy