From Under the Waves–On the Occasion that You Feel Alone

Dear Lily June, I am tempted not to tell you about days like today. Is there a way to say… Read more From Under the Waves–On the Occasion that You Feel Alone

Hide and Seek–On the Occasion that You Need to Get Lost

Dear Lily June, I have been lost to this blog for almost a month. I have been absent from letter-writing lately, maybe… Read more Hide and Seek–On the Occasion that You Need to Get Lost

Dear Lily June, If, by the time you can read these, I’m not saying it often enough or with nearly… Read more Smiling in the Rain–On the Occasion that You Find Yourself Wanting a Clean Beginning

Dear Lily June, It’s hard to know, with a story like this, where to begin. Do I begin by telling… Read more One Summer–On the Occasion that You See a Loved One Committed

Dear Lily June, I’ve quit, for a moment, waging my one-woman war against selfies, especially when I realized that half… Read more #ThrowbackThursday–On the Occasion that Your Mother Swallows Her Words Like Pool Water

Dear Lily June, There was a little, living dream, born with a warm, wet heart that sounded, for a minute, as omnipresent as… Read more Home is Where You Hang Your White Flag–In Which We Sign Another Lease

Dear Lily June, Because of what happened with my pregnancy and your birth, I am still inclined to think of… Read more Be Our Guest–In Which Orchidblue Endorses Bravery & Beauty

Dear Lily June, I stalked off into Southern autumn once to follow the poet Joel Brouwer. He’d written Centuries, a… Read more Be Our Guest–In Which Good Things Come in Short Letters from Linda & Penny

Dear Lily June, Someday you will understand that the people you love–maybe even me–can’t always be there for you in… Read more Origins–In Which Your Grandpap Came for a Visit

TRIGGER WARNING–To any outside readers who have lived through a natural disaster like a tornado, please know that the following… Read more Celebrating the Dark Anniversary–In Which I Wrestle with Survivor’s Guilt