Journal Entry

Life whirls, blurring every vision, graying every line. The storm surrounds at a blinding speed, threatening to consume. It would be easy to succumb. Submission lures, enticing from this rocky path. The real joy, though, comes from leaning in. With […]

Dear Holly, I haven’t written in a while. I suppose that’s because I talk to you every day, muttering from behind my desk, like a crazy person. That’s okay. We’ve always been good with crazy. Better with it actually. What […]

The tears that fill my eyes, burden you with guilt. I can read it all over your face. But I won’t apologize for loving you. And I never will. You tell me not to cry. But you don’t want that. Not really. What […]

It’s been a while since I’ve seen your face, since I’ve written words that move my soul. Others may sway, may swoon at my tepid prose, but I remain resolute in my stillness. It’s no coincidence. Your presence opens the […]

I didn’t know that I wasn’t supposed to . . .   . . . laugh when the world was crying. . . . smile when it all came crashing down. . . . dance away my sorrows. . . […]

When night falls, dreams become reality.  In this new place, where fears are transformed into phobia or fantasy, we are allowed the chance to walk thru circumstance without risk.  Exploring the options allowed through each repetitive scene becomes both our […]

I let him go, again and again.  And he comes back to me.   It’s the only way we work, my sailor husband and I. How do we have a normal relationship?  Spending months apart as he roams the world […]

She sits with me today, heavy on my mind.  Her spirit giving a constant cackle as I struggle to do my work, her work, for the job we created together that I now face alone. I do not know that […]

You Lost Your Mind Today   I watched you lose your mind today I watched it slip away Out of the gleaming light Into the murky gray   I wonder if it’s painful Sitting in the dark If the pounding […]

Dear Holly, Tonight I danced with your daughter.  She was brilliant and shining, her arms high in the air, her feet off the ground.  With the lights and the music pulsing around us, a boy asked for my permission to dance […]