A reminder that you can’t do everything
Some years ago, I was frustrated about not being able to move something forward on the job front. In a conversation with my sister, Abigail, she shared that she understood …
We’re used to beating ourselves up
Ppl: “How’s your new job going?” Me: “It’s hard to take a day off coz I like the people I work with.” Also me: “If this were my first ministry …
Monday (100 words)
Mondays are my day off, from what exactly I’m unsure. I sometimes eliminate little emails from my inbox on Mondays, emails I’d rather not see on Tuesday or would, by …
sabbatical: week 1
In no other way could I have known how many cymbals, sirens and bulldozers were tromping around in my head, frolicking like job-less teens in the summertime, except by stepping …
The good meetup
I’m that person who looks around O’Hare wondering who I know because there must be someone; the world isn’t that big, right? If I could page the entire airport, I …
Buying my life back
The event in this early stage of an essay took place several years ago. One day I’ll finish the essay. The heaviness I felt that afternoon is one I may …
Not When It’s Hot: Writing Raw
The writing gurus say not to write about the pain when it is fresh. By that they do not mean not to write about it at all, but not to …