Happy New Year, friends—nearly a month late, I know. Time is always a funny thing, but January especially seems to move at both a snail's pace and lightning speed. The holidays feel like they were over months ago now, yet, if I wasn't keeping up with the calendar, I might guess it was only just the ...
Checking In
Hello, friends. It feels so strange to be making my way back to this space after the bombshell I reentered it with in August. I never in a million years would have imagined I could hold myself together enough to string together words that made any kind of sense whatsoever about one of my parents so ...
See You Later, Dad
We lost my dad this week. His passing was completely unexpected, as were most things he did. I hate that I didn’t get to talk to him one last time. Yet, his Irish goodbye in leaving this world was right in line with the way he preferred to duck out of most gatherings, so I’ll give him that one ...
O Hushed October
"O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall; Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild, Should waste them all. ...