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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Photo Friday: A Reel Love Story
Jessie & Ryan celebrating six years (2018)— and doing it the most them way possible: inside a theater, stealing a kiss while holding film reels like they’re starring in their own rom-com. It’s sweet, it’s nerdy, it’s perfectly on brand. Six years in and still finding ways to… Read More
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Travel Thursday: Traverse City & Petoskey
Roundabouts, Roses, and the Color That Calms Me I needed to get out of my own head, and instead of staying in it, I reached out. I made plans with people I hadn’t seen in a while, and once I started putting it together, the day filled itself… Read More
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The Question That Never Ages Well
(And Somehow Hits Harder at 32 Than It Did at 18) There’s a question they love to ask in school—one that follows you from classroom to classroom like it’s doing something important. Where do you see yourself in five years? At eighteen, it felt expansive. Like the future… Read More
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The Grief That Doesn’t Ask for Permission
Grief is often treated like an event—something that happens, something you respond to, something you eventually move past. A loss occurs, you feel it, you process it, and then, ideally, you come out the other side with a lesson neatly tucked into your pocket. That version of grief… Read More
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Music Monday: The Art of Writing a Song
How I Learned to Bleed in Verses and Stitch It Back Together in a Chorus There’s something almost alchemical about songwriting—the way a feeling you can’t explain suddenly finds a rhythm, a structure, a place to live outside your body. For me, that didn’t start with a guitar… Read More