Betrayal
I’ve been both the betrayed and the betrayer. As painful as betrayal is, I’ve come to believe carrying the weight of betraying someone you love can be even harder than being betrayed yourself.
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Empathy and Justice
Following a heartbreaking murder trial forced me to wrestle with two things that don’t always fit neatly together: empathy and justice. What do we do when both seem equally important?
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The Body Keeps the Score
Sometimes my body recognizes what my mind hasn’t admitted yet. This is an essay about sadness, memory, and the quiet ways our bodies tell the truth before we’re ready to hear it.
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Authenticity
We spend so much energy trying to become someone people will accept. But the more I grow, the more I wonder if the real courage is simply letting ourselves be fully known.
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Being Right
I have a long history of wanting to be right. But the older I get, the more I’m realizing certainty isn’t the same thing as wisdom—and maybe humility is a better guide than confidence.
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Communication
Relationships rarely fall apart because of one conversation. More often, they’re built—or quietly broken—through the thousands of small moments in between.
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A Charming Storyline
A broken air conditioner, a power outage, and one very hot Saturday turned me into someone I barely recognized. Sometimes discomfort has a way of introducing us to ourselves.
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One-Way Liberation
We tend to think every ending has a winner and a loser. But what if that’s not how God works? Maybe every closed door is making room for more than one new beginning.
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