This girl gave me a booklet for Christmas that she made with all kinds of drawings of the adventures we have had. And it was titled, "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" And inside were two tickets for a kayaking excursion in Michigan's Upper Peninsula's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. She knows me well. AndContinue reading "Pictured Rocks. The highlight reel"
The Weakest Victim that Night
The Stanford case, about a woman who was raped, has been on my mind. Obviously, adult themes. Obviously, tread with caution. Have you ever taken a self-defense class? I have. I've taken a few, a few classes dedicated, especially, to young women like me. We're young women like the ones you know, from college orContinue reading "The Weakest Victim that Night"
God still answers prayers, friends.
Years ago, I was dating a super awesome guy (who has since married a really sweet woman). I remember calling him, one day after work, after I had just started working in the city. I told him that I somehow, somehow felt called to Detroit. But, I didn't know how. I remember telling him thatContinue reading "God still answers prayers, friends."
On flying and time zones and dark nights of the soul
When flying through the air--miraculously--in a chunk of engineered metal, It strikes one that, although we will be in flight for two and a half hours, Still we will arrive only one hour later. Such is the way the world tilts and The speed of the plane and The angle of the sun. What, then,Continue reading "On flying and time zones and dark nights of the soul"
SO MANY THINGS
Crazy things are happening. Crazy and unexpected and hopefully (dear God, hopefully, please please please) very good. Hopefully. I want to tell you all about them. But, before that, listen. I went to Colorado. My life, which has been a positive whirlwind these past two weeks, has been on this ramping up-and-up which maybe (maybe?)Continue reading "SO MANY THINGS"
*Cliche saying about family/ memories*
It was my mother's birthday a few weeks ago. We had ice cream and deep dish pizza (her favorite). This past Mother's Day, she remarked as we drove to church, that her mother (my grandmother, Cecelia or, as I knew her, "Grandma D") would sometimes remember the day my mother was released from the hospital.Continue reading "*Cliche saying about family/ memories*"
No makeup Sunday
I usually wear mascara, every day. On special occasions I line my eyelid, too, Pulling the lid taut with my finger, Drawing across my lashes. Today, though, preparing for church, I didn't. I left the dark mascara in its neon bottle, The liner I left on the shelf, And I went to church un-decorated, MyContinue reading "No makeup Sunday"
I wrote a thing
...And it was published by a legit source that a lot of people read and share and stuff. Beginning excerpt: The priest looked up at me. “It’s because you’re prideful,” he said, just like that—straightforward and blunt. His demeanor was friendly, though, and loving, as we sat there in the confessional. It wasn’t really aContinue reading "I wrote a thing"
This 4ever? Pls?
"Why can't it be summer forever?" my mom commented last night. True that. Last night our out-of-state cousins stopped by to eat gyros and drink lemonade and play Dixit until they had to leave. And then Danny and Tommy stopped by, probably our oldest friends since childhood, and Danny said, "Hey, can you do invertedContinue reading "This 4ever? Pls?"
Morning glory
In the early mornings, as I run, I try to stop at every lilac bush, admire, insert my face into the petal-bunches, breathe deeply. Every bush is a work of grandiose glory. The buds on the clumps of dropping fragrance are slowly opening, slowly filling the air around us with the blessed scent of spring.Continue reading "Morning glory"
Seashell Nell 