“Tomorrow, She Would Have Turned 80”

Tomorrow, my Mama would have turned 80 years old. That number feels impossible somehow.Because in my mind, she is still moving through the kitchen… still calling my name from another […]

So… 55.

So… 55. Yesterday, for about thirty quiet minutes, it was approaching the end of my birthday. I turned 55. And somewhere in that moment, between the day ending and the […]

Uncle Joe

I’ve been thinking about my Uncle Joe lately. There’s a kind of wisdom that doesn’t come from books alone…it comes from years. From showing up. From walking with people through […]