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After a Year
Reflections on Substack and gratitude for my readers🙏
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The Best Years
Midlife nostalgia, playground ghosts, and how writing arrived right on time
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The Untortured Artist
First-time novelists and marathon runners have more in common than you might think. Really!
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Enough Already
Those critical (but not yet urgent) moments in life that call for us to ditch denial, avoidance, and self-doubt. Enough already!
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Lift
Breathing through a little turbulence and finding my way back to the page.
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The Best Years
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A Day's Work
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The Untortured Artist
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Church of the Ocean
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Clarity
Sometimes we need to stumble a bit before the path becomes clear.
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A Day's Work
Time management, priorities, peace with imperfection, and progress amid a busy life.
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It's Complicated...and It's Not.
Is there ever a better time to say yes?
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Church of the Ocean
Hitting the reset button, finding awe, and some bigger news.
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Finding Light
It's out there, even on the world's darkest days.
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Going Pro
In soccer, in writing, in life.
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The Miracle of Flight
The magic lies in the learning, not the feat itself.
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Summer's End
Dallas, home, and seasonal transitions. Also, Taylor Swift.
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Taking My Sweet Time
Lotusland, gray hair, and the passage of time. They're connected, I promise.
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Dream Big
Dream Big
Biweekly essays on finding writing in my 40s, tackling my first novel, and the everyday moments that inspire me as I juggle family life and my dream of becoming a published author.
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