Like It Just Happened
It doesn’t go away. It doesn’t get “better.” Part of it passes, falling away behind you. Then, one day, you stop moving and it catches up. It’s right by your side again and all around you and as far up … Continue reading
Tag: Lorenzo
Collecting Hearts for Two
People say that we see what we want to see. I agree to a certain extent. I’m on the lookout for hearts that are often already there, carved into the concrete or painted on the wall. But other hearts are … Continue reading
A Letter for My Husband
This post is for Ryan. We recently celebrated two years of marriage and we’re coming up on four years together. Since we met in a bar on a Friday night in San Francisco, we have fallen in love … Continue reading
Why I Went to Mexico
It’s time to tell you that the day before Thanksgiving, I had a D&C because of a miscarriage I’d had, unknowingly, the week before. I didn’t know until my doctor looked for a heartbeat we’d already heard twice before, but … Continue reading
Chile Road Tripping, Inside and Out
It’s 2013, a brand new year. It’s one of the more predictable things I’ve been waiting for amid all that’s unpredictable about this journey and all I wait for to emerge from it. In many ways that cross the heart, … Continue reading