In my nightmare, I see my grandpa standing there. Never blinking, never smiling, never breathing. Bumpi died when I was ten. It was the first death of a loved one that I experienced. I was his girl, and...

My sister, twenty-something years old and a mother, lives here at my parent’s house with her husband and son. I believe it has been like this for maybe two years as I helped with my young nephew. And...

It was a usual Thursday night of making dinner for the girls, assisting with the overwhelming amount of homework, and tied in with everything else the constant bickering between the two sisters. By this...

Walking into the unknown. Down a corridor toward the meeting room. With a knot in my stomach, I knock on the door and enter. Despite COVID shutting everything down for nearly a year, I had been consistently...

Hair meant everything to me when my aunt had lost all hers to chemo two years ago. She had beautiful, long, thick, black hair.  I remember the week we flew back up to North Dakota sitting on the gray...

The sides of my cheeks pulled my lips into a tight smile as I stood in a circle around the grooming area. It was the first day of horse camp. The sun shone through the big doors just down the hall, filling...

I pull a California stop at the next red octagon I encounter, which earns a slight eye roll from myself at my own driving and a smart comment from Rachel in the passenger seat. “Nice stop,” Rachel...

The sun blazed on our roof, turning the house into a scorching hot convection oven. August was not a kind month for our 100-year-old house. Any cold air produced by our pathetic AC unit would leak out...