Make This Beautiful

Each night feels like Groundhog Day. The same fatigue. The same insurmountable housework, kid obligations, my work, a vicious cycle…

Thank You

It’s November, and for many people in the United States, that means a month of thankfulness with the Thanksgiving holiday…

Buddhist Palestinian

Hello out there! I didn’t write an essay in September. I was buried under life, our days a flurry of…

Smoke in Mirrors

You have to go to the real world. You can go back to your regular life, and forget any of…

Gone Fishin’

My kids are away at summer camp, all of them, for the first and only time ever. Next year my…

What We See

I’ve thought for weeks about writing, only to find myself too depleted to string my ideas together. The past three…

You Can.

“Deep in your wounds are seeds, waiting to grow beautiful flowers.” -Niti Majethia A few weeks ago I was knee-deep…

Create

Earlier this month, Ke Huy Quan (AKA Data from The Goonies, AKA Short Round from Indiana Jones) won a Best…

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It’s my birthday and we’re in the middle of a big storm. A rain storm, that is, and by California…

The Calm Before a Storm

A few weeks ago, I entered the gym where my daughter plays her basketball games right as teams were ending…