1. I am insanely afraid of whales. Not like, “Oh I think whales are scary,” but more like I get hot and clammy and anxious even talking about whales. Whenever I’m in the ocean, no matter how shallow the water is, every time my foot touches something (like, you know, the sand) my first thought […]

It is a freaking scary thing to be raising a child in a world where you wake up to news like Vegas. There is something so utterly painful about knowing I can’t protect Jack from the evil in the world. I can’t keep him from one day learning that people who want to bring terror […]

do not you dare shrink back  from everything you are your soul is a roaring ocean  and your eyes are burning stars.  you are magic, you are stardust made from the best things that exist so don’t you dare cut yourself apart simply to fit in.  do not you dare apologize  for being loud, or […]