For My Daughter

I’ve been writing letters to my daughter since she was born.  They are in a nicely-bound book on a shelf, ready for her to read one day when she is much older and will appreciate the open window into her mother’s mind.  Most of them are private, but a few...

Make-Believe Truths

“One reason we struggle with insecurity: We’re comparing our behind-the-scenes to everyone else’s highlight reel.” Steven Furtick The other day, as my little girl groggily woke up from her nap, she asked me what was under her bed. I was thinking quickly (or maybe not...

Words, take flight…

I’ve been missing in action around here for awhile now.  I regret that. “A writer should write something every day,” they say.  “Keep the writing muscles flexed…toned.  There is no room for atrophy.”  As Carlos Fuentes wrote: “Writing is a struggle against...