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“I’m sorry. We aren’t able to get you home.” I dropped my forehead on the American Airlines counter, squeezing my eyes shut, like I might be able to trap my tears behind closed lids. It felt foolish to cry, and I was embarrassed by my pink emotions rocketing to the surface. But my plans had […]
Melting. That’s the word she uses to describe what’s happening to her house. It’s melting. Disintegrating. Her house is eroding when it rains, because her house is made of mud, cardboard and a shoddy tin roof. Her name is Adeline. And she lives in Haiti, in a one-room house that is smaller than your bedroom. […]
t’s a Wednesday morning in Haiti, in a dim room with no light bulb. I am a spectator to the quiet work of five women. They thread shiny beads onto strings, with careful hands, so they can make an honest living. They have babies to feed. Someone coughs. A bauble falls to the floor, […]
Madeline L’Engle said, “Inspiration usually comes during work rather than before it.” So to that I nod and say, yes! If you want to be a writer then you must write. You must serve your craft through practice and consistency. I used to say, I needed to wait for inspiration to strike before I […]
Some people can make you feel like your story doesn’t matter. You know what I mean. You’re sitting in the corner of a friend’s kitchen at her Pampered Chef party, and you begin to pull back a bit of the tightly-drawn curtain on your life, so she can see on the insides a little. You […]