Cycle of Tehara

May 17, 2019

Here’s a little something I wrote during my “salad days,” i.e. college

Originally, this was going to be a fantasy novel tentatively entitled Bride of Callahan, but then life happened. The half moon glinted coldly down on the strange, shambling, three-fold figure dragging itself across the dormitory parking lot. Two young women walked stooped over with the weight of their drunken companion distributed between them, the toes […]
May 11, 2019

Reflections for Mother’s Day

I have heard it said that our children never really belong to us, that God only lends them to us for a little while. This rings true. I think that a large part of being a mother is about learning how to let go. As soon as they learn to walk, it seems as if […]
May 4, 2019

Steady, As She Goes

I have a ¾ sleeve T-shirt with “World’s Okay-est Runner” emblazoned across the chest. I’ve had it for almost 2 years now and it remains one of my favorite shirts. Quite frequently, I wear it when I work out at the YMCA, or when I go running on the Glacial Drumlin Trail. More recently, I […]