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#10 I should have protested
Coming to terms with not participating in nation-wide protests while figuring out what to do next.
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#9 She Took Off Her Glasses and Cried
What one woman’s relapse reminded me about shame, courage, and the hard road of recovery.
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#8 When home stops being a place
How losing my childhood sense of home helped me build a deeper one rooted in people, presence, and memory.
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#7 He loves me, he loves me not
A teenage heartbreak, a father’s absence, and the long road to raising daughters who know they’re already enough.
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May 2025

#6 Seeing race through a child's eyes
A snapshot of a different era that still lingers
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#5 When you make your living as a creative
It's a rollercoaster but I wouldn't want it any other way
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#4 I drove 1,380 miles to drink. Twice.
What it looks like to be in the throes of addiction without anyone knowing
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#3 Not This
When two simple words are enough to change direction
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#2 Moment of Surrender
Four years later its coming into focus
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#1 I'm starting over
Because I want to write letters, not business memos
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