…tattered and bruised and there’s dirt under her nails.

I wanted him to disagree with me. Instead, he nodded yes.

My birthday wish.

“East bound and down, loaded up and truckin',
We're gonna do what they say can't be done.”

Stumbling into the miraculous. Or maybe not.

My book debut.

I wasn’t prepared to stand shoulder-to-shoulder and have the conversations.

I felt that look deep in my bones and five years on it’s still pulsing through me.

A cosmic two-for-one sale.

Our exploration is not of foreign vistas, rather memories of home.

Start. Then keep starting.

I never asked her about it. It was our unspoken secret.

11 random observations

Show me your scars. Your wisdom. Your laugh.

In his presence, I felt capable — like I could conquer the world.