Dear Fear,
You’ve been a good companion over the years.
You’ve kept me company while everybody else left.
You’ve kept me hidden from being hurt and rejected.
You’ve held me close and soothed me through the long nights.
I owe you.
But I’m starting to realize some things aren’t what they seem.
I haven’t been able to put my finger on it.…read more

What love feels like.
Today, I drove down an old road I’d traveled many times as a child.
I remembered we’d go to my mom friend’s house.
The party would begin. I was the wild child who loved the rush and dancing in the strobe light.
I was the life of the party just without the intoxication.
No, I lived for the attention.
I lived to be seen…read more