The Story of the Girl Who Swallowed a Star
Once, in a time before clocks but after dreams, there lived a girl made of soft thunder and ancient curiosity.
From a Mirror I Made That Learned How to Speak
There once was a woman who walked through the world with a bell in her chest.
No one could see
Still Here
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
—Henry David Thoreau
I arrived at 5:30.
Martha showed me
To Name It for Her
An offering to my daughters, and the truth I never meant to leave unsaid
I was spending time with my
Korean Medicine, Mother's Hands
The Healing My Mother Knew
When I was young and complained of a stomachache—when my belly was full but
Invocation to the Owl Path
May the silent wings of the owl
Brush away illusions of the mind.
May her wide eyes pierce the veil
The Trinity
On perception, presence, and the quiet self beyond story
“The eye with which I see God is the same eye
A Thread in the Tapestry
A moment of grief, a question to God, and the quiet turning toward self-love. A tapestry woven from tears, music,
Your Light
Your light is sacred.
Not everyone is meant to sit close to its warmth.
You carry a deep, genuine capacity
Hunger to Understand
When I was in high school, we had just moved into a modest two-bedroom apartment—the four of us—nestled