Learned to pop popcorn without letting it burn from one of those old-time popcorn carts with the glass sides and the metal kettle suspended inside.
Tag: reflection
A Mirror for the Quiet Places
Or perhaps it is simply words that inspire and stir in the quiet between you and I.
White Knuckles
My first crush, the one with butterflies and innocent fantasies, was for my science and math teacher. His kindness and patience made me feel safe and warm.
Lessons in Warmth
I learned to build a fire out of necessity.
Mandarin Oranges
He peeled the skins from our tiny oranges and handed them over. We marveled at their perfect fit in our paws.
Threshholds
When I was a young girl, I felt safest in the car—going everywhere and nowhere.
The Halls of the Heart
I imagine I wouldn’t leave if I ever stepped into one in person. How could I abandon what has already changed me— what has built an inner sanctum from its very presence?
A Year of Roots and Light
I’d choose to relive this year again because I had my little girl. I switched paths out from darkness into love, and that shift held a near death experience when she was born. Leaving behind a toxic dynamic was another initiation. Both were the most difficult ordeals of my life, yet everything turned out for the best.
The Cathedral
The mind is a cathedral.
Themselves
Journaling helps grow self-awareness in a practical way, it can be a daily habit of honesty and curiosity, a dialogue between the soul and the self.
Jasmine on the Grave 