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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Movie Monday: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“We accept the love we think we deserve.” Some movie quotes echo for a few minutes after the credits roll. And then there are the ones that quietly follow you for years. The Perks of Being a Wallflower came out in 2012 and quickly found its way into… Read More
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The Girl Who Stayed in the Room
Some Roles Are Assigned Early Every family has its quiet systems. Not the ones anyone writes down or talks about openly, but the ones that develop slowly through experience. They form in response to tension, to uncertainty, to the simple need for survival. When my parents split up,… Read More
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Fully Formed Humans Seeking Compatible Infrastructure
Dating in Your 30s Feels Different Dating in your 30s is a strange landscape. In your twenties, everyone is still assembling their lives. Careers are flexible, people move cities without much hesitation, and relationships often feel like two people figuring things out together. By the time you reach… Read More
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Photo Friday: Normandy Stillness
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France (2019)— a place that doesn’t need many words because the air already carries its own. This statue caught me immediately. Not just the shape or the scale, but the way it rises into the light like a breath held between… Read More
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The Woman Beneath the Mother
On Devotion, Identity, and the Radical Act of Still Being Yourself Motherhood has a strange way of flattening a woman into a single role. You become “Mom.” Not Nicki. Not the woman with opinions, hobbies, desires, stories, scars, playlists, sarcasm, and dreams. Just…Mom. The one who packs snacks,… Read More
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🎬 Movie Monday: Idiocracy
“Welcome to Costco, I love you.” There are movies that age like fine wine. And then there are movies that age like a prophecy. Idiocracy came out in 2006 and was treated like a goofy, low-budget satire. Fast forward a couple decades and suddenly it feels less like… Read More