November 19, 2025
My First Glimpse of Beauty
In my exploration of how I came to discover beauty, I landed on ONE undeniable truth.
Category: Mothers
November 13, 2025
First-Grade Beauty
What were — if any — the artistic consequences of surgery to straighten my crooked eye when I was in First Grade?
November 12, 2025
Kindergarten Beauty
Art isn’t about drawing. It’s about learning to see. But what kind of art do you create as a child when you can’t see straight?
November 6, 2025
So much beauty. So little time.
Keats wrote that a thing of beauty is a joy forever. But when does someone begin to recognize a thing as “beauty”?
October 23, 2024
Restoring Pathways
Neural pathways are essential for sensory perception, motor skills, and cognitive processes. When it comes to writing, however, they can block the truth.
March 31, 2023
Ashes, Ashes, I Still Fall Down
We are taught that if we work hard enough, we will get over our losses. This has not been the case for many who grieve, including me.
February 2, 2023
Maternal Pop-ups — Part Two
What do you do when your dead mother pops up? Look away?