Welcome to the Inner Circle
This is where the veil lifts.
Here you’ll find personal reflections, behind-the-scenes chaos, and deep dives into the writing life—grief, growth, creativity, and all the messy magic in between. Some posts are heavy, some are silly, and some are just me figuring things out in real time.
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Travel Thursday: The First Draft of Disney Magic (Marceline, MO)
Where the Magic Didn’t Start…It Rooted There are Disney trips…and then there are the quiet, almost sacred detours that explain why Disney feels like home in the first place. Marceline was that for me. The Town That Built a Dream Tucked into the heart of Marceline, this little… Read More
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Divorce, Dating, and the One That Disappeared
I’m writing this on a Tuesday, and tomorrow I walk into a courtroom and end my marriage. By the time you’re reading this, it’s done. Signed. Final. Official in a way that feels both overdue and surreal. There’s something strange about existing in both states at once—still married… Read More
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Music Monday: The Songs That Raised Us Before We Had Words
The Language Before Language Before we knew lyrics, before we understood meaning, before we could even form memories that stick—there was sound. Not music in the polished, Spotify sense. Not something you’d queue up or analyze. Something softer. Closer. More instinct than performance. A hum. My family didn’t… Read More
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Movie Monday: Review of One Day
When Timing Becomes the Villain Some love stories are built on fate, others on choice. One Day leans into something far less comforting—the idea that love can be real, mutual, and enduring, and still arrive at the wrong moment in two people’s lives. On the surface, the premise… Read More
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Where The Quiet Lives: A Love Letter to Maple Hill 🪦
There are places that hold your life without asking questions.Maple Hill Cemetery has always been one of mine. I didn’t go there this week for nostalgia. I went because I didn’t want to go home. A Place That Watched Me Grow Up This cemetery has seen more versions… Read More
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Friday in the Witch’s Kitchen: Cajun Steak & Shrimp Pasta 🍤🥩🌶️
Introduction This one felt a little full-circle. This was a dish Dave used to make all the time—one of those meals that just became part of the routine without me ever really thinking about it. Steak, shrimp, sausage…a whole situation. Except I never liked the sausage, and his… Read More