Tuesday I made a list. And then I instantly regretted it. I already stated my self-imposed ban on countdowns this season. Guess what? Turns out I’m anti-list as well. I made the declarative statement to myself sometime after lunch – “no more lists!” and fancy that, NPR responded right back. Sometimes you read…
Author: thirdstoryies
quiet
I know this isn’t like me, to be so silent. I was talking to a friend yesterday, and I was trying to explain my silence here. It’s a difficult thing, honestly. It’s a very real and present grief, but it doesn’t feel like it’s mine to claim – at least not in this space…
where it takes me
There is a point during the calendar year when the idea for my holiday card just hits me. Sometimes this point occurs in the summer months, when I’m working on the girls’ birthday invitations – the other time of the year when the horizontal surfaces in my house are taken over with x-acto blades and…