Welcome
However you got here, I’m glad you did! This page tells you a bit about who I am, what this blog has been, and what it may be now.
History of a Human
I am a human with lots of labels I’ve collected over the years. Mind you, I only collect the ones I’m willing to wear. Some of my important labels in timeline order include: daughter (and all the relational words that apply to my family of origin), sister, friend, student, Christian, wife (and all the relational words that apply to my married people), lawyer, aunt and mother, decent cook, blogger, book camp director, and person navigating mental illness.
While I have not always labeled myself storyteller I have always told stories. In every capacity. At every point in life since I could formulate a story of anything. The label writer has been a harder one for me to collect, because I haven’t always claimed it. So it is that I made it to my forties before I easily called myself writer.
Reading and writing are how I process the world, how I learn, how I teach, how I relate, how I practice law, how I enjoy cooking, how I heal, and how I earn my keep. They always have been. Strange as may be, writing teaches me new ways to relate in non-writing forms that are more accessible to people I love. Perennially, words are my root, stem, flower, and fruit. And so I grow.
History of a Blog
I started this site in 2014 when I was writing two books, a picture book that was published by a small press and a novel that I self-published. Over the last decade I posted off and on about books and stories, socio-political opinions, mental health (my own), book camp (for my kids and nieces), and life at large.
In July 2024, I unpublished every page and post to start fresh. Some of the old content will likely surface again.
In former times this is where I’d lay out a multi-year system of posting new content. But I’m learning. The year 2024 is my year of suspense, my year to finally inhabit the space between what’s happened and whatever will happen, to hold the gap and let the universe unfold as it will. I still have goals and ongoing work, a schedule even, and now too I have a flexible tether to the present. Let’s see how it goes!
What You Can Expect
To find words about whatever’s on my mind at a given time on a given day. I hope you enjoy reading along!
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