Happy Birthday Mom “Someday you’re gonna look back on this moment of your life as such a sweet time of grieving. You’ll see that you were in mourning and your heart was broken, but your life was changing…” ― Elizabeth Gilbert It’s been six months since you left. I knew you needed to go —…
Where to Begin? “Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones On this platform, I wrote once before about mining emotional gold to fuel your writing. Readers want to be touched by your writing, amazed, moved, stirred. Your job as a writer…
Your iron will and giant heart Your very own special brand of humour Your special little smile Your sweet, sweet nature Your willingness to learn and trust again You endured too much for too long Just three years you spent with us Your forever home in your final years Though you weren’t…
Even When You Don’t Think It’s Good Enough I’m a wuss. There, I said it. I don’t publish nearly as much as I write. I suffer from imposter syndrome and publisher block. Nobody is going to want to read my stuff, I tell myself. Who do I even think I am, anyway? Right? Wrong! If you want…
A Dream There’s a Mothman in my room, over by the window. I think I must be dreaming. He’s just standing there, a large dark figure in a dark room. He seems to feel me watching him and he turns around to face me. I am frozen in my bed, watching him unfold his giant…
Letting Go of Your Mother “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest “How are you?” I asked. “Oh, fine, fine,” she said. Then: “Old. Old and brittle. Too old,” grimacing. Though a screen cannot compare to personal…