Check out the conclusion to my five day photo challenge in a self-reflection of the monster within me.
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Refocus on Mental Illness
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Shifting Focus
I won't always have a lot of time to write, not like when I was in college the first time. It's spring break. Much to my family's terror, the long buried artist has returned to make the claim on time and writing. For so many years, I've pushed down my first love, writing, so… Continue reading Shifting Focus
The Journey with Autism
Time flies by, as the cliché says, and your child transforms from a toddler to a little boy. Being a mom of a child diagnosed with autism is a journey unlike any other because you never know if you’re going to be embarrassed, have your mind blown because your child thinks so much outside the… Continue reading The Journey with Autism
Together: The Diagnosis
Autism. We are learning together. By we, I mean my husband, Ben, our son, Hayes, and me. Our daughter will learn one day, too, but, for now; the baby is Hayes's best audience. Free from it all: from crowds, from being a part of the conveyor belt taking belt buckles for future khaki pants, and… Continue reading Together: The Diagnosis
Through Tornadoes
One of the first poems from my memoir in verse currently untitled about raising a child with autism with the man I love. Through Tornadoes Let’s sit down on a park bench away from the house, watch the sun set, and Hayes run around. Look at that tree with the big knot in it. Did… Continue reading Through Tornadoes
Memoir in Verse
A writing teacher once said everyone works through the bleed on paper stage, especially when you're a young writer. I have always believed writing is a powerful tool that can engaged and cure your heart, especially if you're a person diagnosed with mental illness. In the past, I've been open about my mental illness, depression… Continue reading Memoir in Verse
Change it Up: Ways to Change a Poetry Collection and Why
So, I'm not much of a poet. My teacher at the South Carolina Governor's School of the Arts summer program thought it was my thing, but really I had to develop better prose. By college and into my adult years, I got better with short stories. The thing as writers just as with teaching, we… Continue reading Change it Up: Ways to Change a Poetry Collection and Why
Easter Letter to My Daughter
Dear Corrie, Two women talk at the park about the latest in little girls' names: Lily. Two weeks later, a woman says to me, "Cora is not a name you hear much anymore. What a beautiful name!" Or, my favorite, "Did you name her after the girl on Downton Abbey?" Your name has an entire… Continue reading Easter Letter to My Daughter
Too Many Projects and Not Enough Time?
Write more. I really want to. The problem: time. Edit more stories. I definitely want to. The problem: time. Send out more stories. I really want to. The problem: time. I use to quote a mentor who said, "If you really love writing, you will make time for it." I have not stopped writing. In… Continue reading Too Many Projects and Not Enough Time?
Corrie's Season 