My Beautiful Ashes

Enough

I woke up this morning feeling less than. It felt like a truck load of doubt and insecurity had been dumped on my chest. Thoughts of my insufficiency came in waves, and the emotion was raw enough to bring me to tears. If you know me, then you realize it’s a rare place to be. […]

One Year

One orbit around the sun. Three hundred and six-five days. Thirty-one million, five hundred thirty-six thousand seconds. A year actually goes by pretty quickly. But it can feel like a lifetime. Still, in less than one year you can conceive and give birth, build a house, or walk across the continental United States. You can […]

When the Noise Stops

When I was young, I did my best to fill every corner of my life with noise. It didn’t matter if the sound void was filled with television, music, or people – the goal was always avoidance of quiet. You see, I didn’t like being alone with my thoughts back then. In those days, I […]