(in)courage december…
It’s that time of the month when I get to post on [in]courage, the webzine of writers, artists, and some of the most talented women I know. Seeing how December has been a crazy month, chalk full of expenditures and financial obligations, the post deals with...
the weigh it should be…
Just yesterday I was excited about my healthy food choices, my workout regime, and a developing contentment with my body. Oppomistic in myself and the woman God made me, I walked with a gait of healthy and content woman into my doctors appointment, but left like the...
she started it…
She started it. She heard salsa music and started dancing like she does every year at Christmas. By herself or with the broom she’ll step to the right, then to the left, then to the right again in syncopated step with the Latin beats. My mom and her dancing only...
shepherds of today…
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night… A phrase we thoughtlessly read over is laden with meanings layered deep into culture. The marginalized, disenfranchised members of society were ignored by...2010 foibles and follies…
If I had to ability to know what the past 365 days entailed, I wouldn’t have believed it. Days seemingly have remained the same but the entire world has changed. The place I sleep. The office where I work. The zip code in which I live. The very person I am. The...
I’m a writer and teacher in love with two men: Jesus and my husband, Matt. [You might not find this funny, but I laugh at myself, so it all balances out.]
