reader // writer // teacher

Am I late to the game? I always avoided this book because I thought it was going to be a retelling of Alice in Wonderland. Spoiler alter:...

Writing a novel has been a very interesting experience. I've started and stopped novels countless times before, only ever able to finish...

trips not taken in hospital gowns His face is clear, unwrinkled. Twenty-two always seemed young. He’d planned trips to Europe. Wanted to...

*Note: This was originally published in LAMP Magazine, 2019 Golden–hour, Puddle–jumping Today a yellow turtle splashed into water only...

Question Marks Frazzled brows tilt your face forming question marks asking: my favorite color? They are my favorite punctuation marks....

we hurt, we think, we pray, we grow It’s the way I couldn’t stop thinking about what I wasn’t doing, and who I wasn’t being. It’s the way...

I can't believe I've written a chapter of my novel. Much less FIVE WHOLE CHAPTERS. This is more than my procrastinating high school self...

My first year as a teacher began in January of 2020. Yep. The year of the Covid pandemic. I have to say, it was a different experience...

Packed with poignant prose, riveting action scenes, intriguing characters, and a jaw-dropping plot, Pierce Brown's Red Rising saga had me...

For You brighten my 5 AM with your mischievous knock and smile mom says “two more hours” we whisper-giggle remember the night we found...