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Paw Prints on the Baptism Cake

We weren’t intending to get a third cat. Or at least, I wasn’t. In the days after we were married but before we had kids, we had two feline companions named Eve and Nermal. Eve was our St. Louis girl, adopted shortly after we’d moved into an apartment that allowed pets. We adopted Nermal duringContinue reading “Paw Prints on the Baptism Cake”

Music Is the Spirit’s Medicine

I cannot remember a time when music has not been a central piece of my life. Along with drawing and later theatre, music got me through my school years. Since that time, writing has overtaken drawing, but music has remained alongside it as my companions and comfort. Whenever I’ve needed an artistic voice for joyContinue reading “Music Is the Spirit’s Medicine”

The Class Bully

I haven’t often given myself permission to walk away from toxic, petulant, drama-addicted, or abusive people. In my school years, it was because I didn’t think I had a choice. I was stuck with them until graduation. In the years when I clashed with those of an evangelical mindset, it was because I thought stayingContinue reading “The Class Bully”