Be Present

Be Present

“Be present” is a good directive.
But it should have been preceded with lessons in being still.

A Sweater Goodbye: How to Let Go

A Sweater Goodbye: How to Let Go

Unfurling Grief

Unfurling Grief

she modeled the wintering, the unfurling.
And I know I can stand strong in my winter when it comes.

Fire in the Pit

Fire in the Pit

I write fire.

I fire words.

Words fire me.

The Push and Pull of Life

The Push and Pull of Life

Ed could invent a thousand excuses for choosing to drink. He could pretend life had driven him to drink. But the truth was he just wanted to. It wasn’t something else and the drink. It was just Ed and the drink.