I’ve never been the sort of person to have a best friend. That bothered me a lot, when I was younger–all I wanted was one person I could count on. One person I knew…
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Several weeks ago, I saw a question on my Facebook news feed that originated from one of the blogging pages I follow. The question was pretty straightforward: Are there any topics you choose not…
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One of the great things about living in a city the size of San Antonio is that you can, once in a while, surround yourself with people who love the same things you do.…
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When I was in graduate school, I had a classmate who was an excellent poet. She won the departmental award for poetry writing at the end of her first year, beating out even the…
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Yesterday would have been my mom’s 85th birthday. I miss her often, but I wonder if our relationship with each other would be any different if she were still alive today. If I’m being…
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I’ve spent way too much time in my life listening to The Voice. No, not the TV show–I’ve spent almost no time listening to that. I’m talking about The Voice in my head. The…
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I used to get a little nostalgic for the summers of my childhood when this time of year rolled around. I remembered long hours of daydreaming, baking in the sun (slathered in baby oil,…