
A daughter and a sister….wife and mommy. Academic and life student, joker, singer, dancer, a player of games….ice cream scooper, gift wrapper, seller of suits, millinery and clothes, coffee, handbags and story ideas. Christ believer, faith explorer,…learning (sometimes painfully) how to lead with love. Trauma survivor, comic, improviser, producer, distributor, singer, actor, media sales storyteller, consultant, contractor, EMT, clinical actor and educator. Science explorer, science coach, track coach, cross-country coach and marathoner and mentor. Advocate for at-risk children, grass-roots lobbyist to end hunger, board member(s) and steering committee leader and launcher. Writing facilitator and storyteller expeditioner…walking, jogging, running towards a new expedition from another change in season…out of my inmost cave.
Pour Chicago
I could cry today. Cry back at you as I stare back at the gray rain-torn sky. I see trees and their full-bellied branches reaching upwards, towards the vastness of an infinite sky, from my lens. And the clouds, like a serene ballet, they float, they drift across your soft shadowing stage. And you make…
9/24/24
I am. I am not. I am not schedules and time slots. I am moments and memories. I am not tasks and checklists. I am feeling… the highs and lows, the angles and shadows. I am volatile and calm. Free and bound. I am …