There is something powerful about the way that a single word can bring up so many memories. I delve into this topic in an essay published on Kveller last week about a comforting word that my family has used for generations. Click here to read the whole essay. An excerpt is posted below. My… [Read More]
Archives for July 2015
Starting Small and Speaking Up
Our voices are powerful and we have a responsibility to use them. This was the most important lesson that I took away from my attendance at BlogHer 2015 last weekend, which is a blogging conference that I attened in New York City. The weekend was overwhelming – in the best of ways. From a practical standpoint, one of the best benefits of… [Read More]
What do you want to be when you grow up?
I started keeping a journal as soon as I learned how to write. I wrote on whatever I could find, like loose pieces of paper, pink diaries with heart-shaped locks and spiral notebooks. My wild imagination as a child resulted in the writings of my early years being full of mystical realism: half truth and… [Read More]
The Weight of Her
We are all weighed down: by people, our histories and our troubles. As much as I live and breathe my daughter, she weighs me down, literally and figuratively. In this piece published on Mamalode, I write about the weight of her and how it comforts me. My essay, “The Weight of Her” is posted below: … [Read More]