As long as I can remember, I have always liked to write. Never minded papers in school and almost always have a notebook on hand to trap thoughts in ink before they’re lost. Sometimes I use writing as a clarifying or an emptying from everything going on in my head. Can’t say it always proves […]
Hustle and sea.
10.2.2022 Dear dad, Sam teaches me more about myself every day. I can’t understand how his ebbs and flows happen so abruptly. Until I realized I am the same way. I wonder how some days all is a chew toy. All he wants to do is bite things. Well, some days, I would like to […]
Suspended.
Dear dad, Soccer was our thing. I knew you were proud of me as a soccer player. But I’m not playing soccer anymore. As my thing that is. I will always be a soccer player. It is forever a part of me. It just isn’t the main part right now. So who am I then? […]
[who]man.
6.24.2022 Dear dad, Today is an emotional day for the country. There is already so much division, anger, uncertainty, pride, you name it. I want to acknowledge it all but especially fear. I know a lot of people are afraid. It is so fair. I am a 27-year-old female living in a time when the […]
Be lit.
5.24.2022 Dear dad, Right now I kind of feel like a candle getting close to being burned up. You know when you light it for the last time hoping you can get at least an hour or maybe just minutes more of the fragrant aroma. I’m there. And I don’t know whether I’ll last for […]
Come to the Table.
3.19.2020 Dear dad, Today is the Solemnity of St. Joseph. I learned that solemnities are the highest of feast days celebrated in the Church and are usually reserved for the most important mysteries of the faith (catholic.org). I also learned there is a tradition called “St. Joseph’s Table.” The story is in medieval times there […]
A penny for your thoughts.
03.03.2022 Dear dad, “What are you thinking about?” [Jesus] “Your father. How he never got to see any of this.” [Mary] “My Father, which one?” [Jesus] Mary chuckles. “You know what I mean.” “I do miss him. But I’m glad you’re here.” [Jesus] “I am proud of You.” [Mary] “Maybe wait to say that until […]
The whole world groaned to find itself…
2.24.22 Dear dad, I’m tired. I’m tired of caring for a world that doesn’t seem to care. I’m tempted by the same apathy I see ravaging the lives of so many. The apathy threatening to take hold of the human spirit. The struggle against it threatening to drown my own spirit in weariness. I am, […]
The return of Omicron: descendant of Optimus Prime…back again?
1.11.2022 Dear dad, Has anyone else experienced a return of the symptoms of omicron after having shed them exactly one week after testing positive the first time? Kidding but not kidding. This would be horrible. Forgive my raw humor. It was just for the sake of what writing teachers call an “attention grabber.” Th return […]
Omicron: descendant of Optimus Prime.
1.9.2022 Dear dad, Today walking the dogs, I couldn’t help but notice something. The streets were icy from the freezing rain last night, especially closest to the curbs. Of course, this is where the dogs normally like to sniff and pee because it is the closest point of grass. Normally. But unlike normal, the snow […]
What’s woke.
12.12.21 You would be proud, dad. I recently started eating meat again. Well, to be clear, I never really gave it up totally. I considered myself an 80/20 vegan. Vegan 80% of the time and not vegan 20% of the time. My beef (thank you I’ll be here all week) is mostly with the treatment […]