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She stared down at the Bible in her lap and drew a deep inhale. The tears had almost dried, but the shame was still fresh as she recalled what happened in the room across the hall moments before. The door…
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February 22, 2017 It wasn’t hot, and it wasn’t cold. The sky wasn’t sunny, but it wasn’t dark. The street was quiet, and a shade of gray surrounded us as we sat on Main Street. Ruben wore a black pea…
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Settling in: to arrange yourself and the things you own so you feel comfortable in a new place. Approximately 2,100 times. I calculated the loose stat between old school jams as I jogged down Santa Monica Boulevard a couple weekends…
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On the morning of January 1, 2017, I sat on the living room floor, slightly suffocating from the previous night’s long-sleeve sequin dress that required too much energy to remove. My phone laid face-down to hide the glow of incoming…
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“There’s only memories that mean something. And memories that don’t.” The words slipped from Sylvester Stallone’s lips and quickly found a new home in the depths of my iPhone Notes among titles to books never read and life quotes by…
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Agile (n.): Able to move quickly and easily. Relating to or denoting a method of project management, used especially for software development, that is characterized by the division of tasks into short phases of work and frequent reassessment and adaptation…
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We’ve all created stories for ourselves that take pieces of our past to predict the future. It’s natural and arguably intelligent. Some of the stories are great. But some are not so great. A New Friend “Pull your knees up…
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On Tuesday morning at 8:30 a.m. on Day 3 of being 30, I walked down the streets of North Scottsdale in a wet white tee, accidentally exposing a black bralette beneath, as if I was heading to Havasu rather than…
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I hated the bag of nuts that routinely sat next to my boss’s laptop on the conference room table. I hated how he rarely ate them. And I hated it even more when he did. As coworkers provided their meeting…
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“Sir, you’ll have to call on Monday to schedule your court date.” The words echoed through the loudspeaker above as the gentleman in front of me shook his head and leaned against the counter, staring at the small intercom mounted…
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