About
Life is far bigger than what I know,
with complex connections in constant flow.
It’s like a great river going where it will go,
and the drop that is me can only follow.— from my song “Droplet”
I love to write, and I love using writing to explore big thoughts about life.
I’m currently finishing my debut middle grade novel about a group of kids who spark a revolution in an ancient totalitarian religious regime.
On this blog, I post essays, poems, and songs about whatever’s on my mind—which tends to hover on practical philosophy and psychology, especially mental health and healing from spiritual trauma.
Sections of this blog
I’ve set up different sections for this blog, because I love to categorize things. You can choose which sections to subscribe to (they’re all free) in your subscription settings.
1. 🌊 River Reflections (default section) — general updates and musings
2.🪷 Serenity Splashes — poems on coping with life
3.🎵 Song Stream — songs I write and record
4. 🏝️ Book Beach — a place to talk about books I read and love
5. ☔️ Parenting Puddles — notes from my parenting journey
6. 🖋️ Writer’s Waters — notes from the ebbs and flows of writing life
Nature photos
I feel lucky to live in these beautiful mountains of West Virginia, and I enjoy trying to capture its beauty with amateur photography. All photos here are my own. 📷
Some other things going on in my life:
Healing and growing: I grew up fundamentalist Christian, and I’m on a journey of healing from that oppression and learning to think and live freely.
Unmasking: similarly, I recently got diagnosed with autism and ADHD, so I’m in the process of unmasking and unlearning a lifetime of overcompensating for the ways my brain is different from the norm.
Parenting: currently, being a mother is both the main channel of my time and energy and the main source of my learning and personal growth.
Mindfulness is my jam
The phrase “whatever the river brings” comes from one of my poems:
So be a watcher on the rock, not flailing in the swash, drowning when I try to swim. Sit still, apart; just watch. Even when the current’s rough and splashes, slaps, and stings, watch what happens, only watch, whatever the river brings.— from the “S” poem in my “Alphabet Meditation Verses” sequence
Whatever life’s river sends my way, I want to stay steady on my rock of mindfulness—observing and connecting with my experience, instead of being lost in it.
Come join me as I learn and grow. 🩷
