I am in a place I have wanted to be for so very long and I am here because of the power of joining my voice with that of other like-minded women with something to say and a need to be heard. I am in this place and I am grateful. And I simply [...]
Butterflies, Strength, and Onion-flavored Dreams
January 14, 2013 By 6 Comments
I’ve seen my name published in the bylines of the hundreds of newspaper articles I wrote before giving up the Dream That Was Supposed to Pay the Bills. That was the plan, you know. The paycheck was supposed to fund the Dream That Included Me and a Book with My Words. Funny thing, that dream. [...]
A Round Life
July 19, 2012 By 3 Comments
Both of my grandmothers—and I hope they’d forgive me for saying this—were on the rotund size. Maybe it was the fact that they both liked to cook. Homemade noodles on one side, meals that began with a pasta course and moved on to a meat course on the other. It was something that I grew [...]
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