writing
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I’m doing the thing I said I wouldn’t
I’ve joined Substack… for real this time. And yes, I know I said I’d stick around here but trust me, I’m going to try and make it work. I feel like a boyfriend moving abroad, trying to convince his girlfriend “they’ll make it work”. Eventually they do… right? I’ll be…
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Am I even a writer anymore?
Once upon a time, the strong urge to write poured out of me. I’d fill up notebooks, scrap papers, diaries, the internet–anything. I’d read books on how to improve my writing; how to write more eloquently, grammar corrections, dictionaries and thesaurus’. At some point, something told me to turn my…
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Moving through God’s purpose for me
I’ve been thinking about this whole new era of me and my writing and it feels like such a dream. The thing is, I’m working on tricky waters. Who manages to have something like this and actually get something out of—and there it is; my subtle (or not-so subtle) obsession…
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I’m Always Starting From Square One
I was reading through old blog posts yesterday from when I was in high school. There was one post I wrote on how I didn’t care if anyone read my blog; what was important was that I liked to write and that’s what I was gonna do. Jump forward to…
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A Birthday List From a Girl Who Has Every Thing
What do I ask for when my room piles up with things left unwrapped from last year? Things unneeded–but once upon a time wanted–crowd my closet, my drawers, my shelves. Things and more things. My love asked for a list as if there were empty spaces in our room to…