The Colour of My Eyes
I remember what it feels like to fall for someone.
As they take up real estate previously occupied by mundane tasks,
until even mundane tasks seem joyful.
I imagine how they’ll […]
Everything I Need
I took my children into the wilderness, and we left knowing that we are campers for life. I’d never tent camped before, but this trip was the […]
You Don’t Need Me
You don’t need me to tell you what loneliness feels like,
How the yawning silent void can sound like the loudest roar,
Or how the vast expanse of solitude can be crushing.
You […]
The Things I Do Instead
Instead of spending lazy Sunday mornings with a Paul Simon soundtrack while he fries up eggs and I watch from the kitchen island thumbing through magazines, I run. I tear through the streets of my […]
A Letter to Present Me from Future Me
Dear Catherine,
(I’m sorry, I just can’t call you Cat. It’s absurd.)
You don’t think you’ll make it through this, but you will. You’re right about one thing, […]
Morgan’s Point
The women in my family know heartbreak like the words to a favourite song. It seems to be written in our DNA, part of the marrow of […]