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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Words Stick
Why what you say around kids matters more than you think Dave is convinced Evie has autism because she’s so smart. And let me be clear before anyone sharpens their pitchforks:I am not saying she doesn’t.I am also not saying she does. What I am saying is that… Read More
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🖤 Music Monday: Haunted Notes & Halo Screams
Evanescence: The Band That Raised My Inner Emo 🌒 The Beginning: When the EvTrain Rolled Into My Universe My initiation into Evanescence wasn’t graceful or sacred—just my neighbor shoving “Bring Me to Life” at me like it was contraband. (Jamie still swears she was the one who did… Read More
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Movie Monday: Review of The Devil Wears Prada
When Ambition Wears Heels Sharp Enough to Draw Blood There’s a moment in every woman’s life when she realizes she’s been sprinting through someone else’s expectations wearing shoes she never picked out. The Devil Wears Prada opens at precisely that moment—Andy Sachs stumbling into the glacial orbit of… Read More
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❄️ The Winter My Lung Collapsed (Twice)
Childhood Pneumonia, Hospital Hallways, and the Season That Rewired My Life When I was ten, I caught the flu that was sweeping through Michigan that winter—one of those “everyone has it” strains from 2003 (something like the Venetian flu, if memory serves). Mom took me to the pediatrician,… Read More
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The Year I Learned to Perform, to Create, and to Break
Why 5th grade was both the best and the worst year of my life Some years teach you facts.Some years teach you who you are. Fifth grade did both—loudly, theatrically, and with a little emotional whiplash for balance. We Didn’t Just Learn—We Immersed My fifth-grade teacher didn’t teach… Read More
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Photo Friday: Anchor Inn Evenings
Fire pit on Anchor Inn on the Bay’s private beach in Traverse City (2016)—the kind of spot that feels like it’s seen a thousand summer nights and still has room for a thousand more. There’s something about a weathered fire pit on the sand that instantly drops you… Read More