Here is how I measure the progress in my life:I quit my job. There is a guy I worked with there who recently left for a few weeks so he could check himself into rehab. On his last night, we were rolling silverware together and I said, "this place is a trigger" and he said... Continue Reading →

I have been thinking a lot about days. About these self-contained units of time we wake up to each morning and make something of. Each one is filled with little acts of kindness and unkindness. By ourselves, by our family members, by our co-workers, by our friends, and by strangers.These little acts we amplify into... Continue Reading →

An employer which allows me to work part-time, flexible hours. Somewhere that lets me put in my headphones when I've had enough of people. A job that keeps my mind free to be creative: a place that doesn't clog me with pettiness and politics. Must be near a good coffee shop. I will show up,... Continue Reading →

Most of it has disappeared.I lost some flip flops in a lake once, when I was drunk. I walked barefoot to my car the next morning. The car I drove here in—my first car, a black Saturn SC1—I cried over as I sat with my husband at the Mazda dealership, trading it in for something... Continue Reading →

Love Your Memory - Miranda LambertA Little Bit of Rain - Amos LeeTupelo Honey - Van MorrisonLook At Miss Ohio - Blind PilotFalling in Love at a Coffee Shop - Landon PiggMakin' Me Look Good Again - Drake WhiteImagine - John LennonLast Thing I Needed, First Thing This Morning - Chris StapletonLose It - Oh... Continue Reading →

When you take someone for granted,you view them as a fixture,not someone you need to prop up. Someone told me that once. I hurried to write it down. Don't be taken for granted.But more importantly, don't take anyone for granted.We are not fixtures.People move and change, evolve and grow.We do not stand still in one place... Continue Reading →

I've seen the paths that your eyes wander down, I wanna come tooI think that possibly, maybe I'm falling for youNo one understands me quite like you doThrough all of the shadowy corners of me  "All of the shadowy corners of me." I like that. I like how many different aspects one person has to... Continue Reading →