Have you ever been in a place where you feel like you have faced challenge after challenge, and battle after battle? A place where you’ve had breakthrough, only to deal with yet another challenge right afterward? I believe when we…

 This week I was reminded of a science experiment we did as a class in early elementary school. We were experimenting to see what soil conditions plants best grow in. we germinated seeds and grew plants in small plastic cups…

      The holidays are not always cheery and bright. While there are people who can’t wait until Christmas tunes start playing on the radio and decorations get hung around the house, the reality is that the holidays can hold a lot…

Grief can’t be bottled into phases. It can’t be explained away. You can’t tell anyone how to grieve, or know how they will. You can’t even know yourself how grief will hit you, or what it will feel like. It’s…

Project Life Quality is an amazing organization that raises awareness for domestic abuse and encourages survivors to share their stories and heal through art. They do weekly challenges. This weeks challenge was a poem, telling people what you would like…

        What are you supposed to feel when you are watching the place you grew up, literally burn to the ground? Historic sites, and memories up in smoke, nothing left but the charred remains of people’s lives. Fear, sadness, worry, shock…

This morning I woke up to the news of the terrible tragedy in Las Vegas. This particular tragedy wasn’t something that was far removed from me. While it was thousands of miles away in Las Vegas, it was still a…

It Felt Like… Part 2 

I had a conversation with a wonderful woman recently about domestic abuse, and she asked me a question that made me feel like I really needed to write a part 2 follow up for my…

It felt like drowning while trying desperately to tread water. It felt like exhaustion. It felt like screaming at the top of my lungs, but all that would come out was silence. It felt like fire in my gut. It…

  Hey y’all, 

        I was talking to a friend the other day, when I mentioned something to them about my first few months in town, and they were flabbergasted. I realized I hadn’t shared my “Nashville Story” with them before. My…