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Let’s begin with a story. Once upon a time there was a farmer and his son who worked very hard together to make something of their small...
Storyteller. Writer. Speaker
Let’s begin with a story. Once upon a time there was a farmer and his son who worked very hard together to make something of their small...
*Names have been changed to protect the innocent So, once upon a time there was this girl, we'll just call her Megan. Megan was in high...
I didn't date much in high school. I accepted my cluelessness about the opposite sex, but didn't realize its depth until I went to...
If I'm going to reach my 50 book goal this year, I'm going to have to give myself some grace and allow at least a few repeat...
February 2004 Raleigh NC Dear Mom, I've been on this earth now for a week and I have to say, I'm having a hard time. Something keeps...
It was our first Christmas as a married couple. We had a whopping five months of marriage under our belts and were enjoying a big...
I grew up on an old tobacco farm in North Carolina. We never grew a thing, but oh did I love that land. We had a zip line from one barn...
"The weight of lies will bring you down And follow you to every town 'cause Nothing happens here that doesn't happen there When you run...
No matter how thin the pancake, it always has two sides. Someone deep said that once. I'll add this next level deep thought: Humans are...
It seems a new trend these days for writers to craft their novels with several narrators taking turns. I like the trend and I especially...
I was on my way to work when my mom called and asked if I'd seen the news. I hadn't. Then I did. It was still a freak accident at that...
"I just want to be a 'normal' kid!" When my son said this to me, I wanted to answer with this: "Normal is a setting on a washing...
If you haven't seen this Pixar short yet. . . I'll wait. It's worth it. I spent some time tonight thinking about how we use the word...
I found this little critter in the woods on my walk, just hanging out, waiting for someone to come by that had left it behind, offering...
Space. The Final Frontier. It's tough to make space as a mother. People seem to need me all the time. My children have immediate needs as...
My little Emma was born 12 years ago today in her typical dramatic fashion. Two days later, Barack Obama was sworn in as president. We...
I'm on a yoga journey, which is wonderful and peaceful and enlightening, and also very hard. I have this terrible nagging pain in my...
When I went to college I took a small wooden confederate soldier with me. He was no more than five inches tall, faceless, and held a...
Before I went to graduate school I had the opportunity to teach African American literature at Pinecrest high school. The first thing I...
For the past four years as a storyteller finding my way, I've kept my storytelling side and my own spiritual side separate, afraid of...