the secret life of trees

He said he wanted to plant a tree in the center of our cul-de-sac. He talked about it for weeks, stared into the nothing with only his imagination to advise him. But then one day, he pulled into the cozy circle where we do life with a small tree in the back of a pick...

graceful

For the past thirteen years, I’ve been working, in some capacity, with high school students. Before that I pretty much was a high school student. Give or take a few years. I really like them. They laugh easily. They eat freely. They do random things that...

for your weekend

May your weekend be filled with slow movement and deep breaths. May you lose track of time, get lost in the story, listen long and linger free. Give yourself permission to feel what you feel, be it joy, anxiety, happiness or loss. Let it all finally rise up to the...

she’s already amazing

“When is Annie coming back?” My five year old son asked me that last week as we played cars on the floor. Annie hasn’t been here in over a year. In his mind, too long. He wants her to come back. I get it. Annie is one of the coolest girls I know. She...