I travelled nearly halfway across the country last week to sit on the end of a wooden bench in a shoe-scuffed middle school gym alongside a dozen middle school girls basketball players. Am I crazy? I should start by being honest; while I loved the sport, I was never that good of a player. My …
Tag: Pictures
The Top 12
How do you begin to process a year of life? By looking through thousands of low-resolution cell phone photos, apparently. I leave 2015 with an odd feeling in my stomach and a lot to think about. It wasn't as though it was all perfect. But amidst so much hardship in our world, I feel uncomfortably grateful. …
That one time I thought I was going blind.
That one time I started to go blind.
Places you travel 9.5 hours to see
In case your Monday needed a visual boost.
Intermission: A Monday Reflection
Excuse me while I take a short intermission from my typical farm-girl-in-the-city reflections and semi-embrassing short stories!Two of my great aunts passed away this week, one from each side of my family. Their passing contributed, in part, to what felt like an especially grounded weekend--grounded in a gritty, earthy, even laborious sort of way.I have a favorite …
Precancerous Moles
I am going to tell you about one of my favorite kids at camp this summer. Not that I had favorites. I will call him Henry. I thought Henry was a bit of a punk. Not that I ever think such things of campers. It might've been the way he dressed. Possibly? He wore a graphic …
One veto allowed.
When my sister came home from Africa, it was like going on vacation. A constant party. Brunch. College. A night out on the town...every night. But really. We were reunited partners in crime, her and I. World, you oughta watch out, we said. We know how to have to fun. Relatively speaking. (Chicago friends, quit …
Put your name on the tag. Now.
"Please write your names on the tag of your black long-sleeve t-shirts." I'm not sure if I heard this instruction or if I was whispering to Polly. Either way--confession--I didn't. And so when our second dress rehearsal night came and I went to put my black long-sleeve t-shirt on and it wasn't there, my heart …
just a morning walk//snapshots
Because what's better than a walk on a mild January day in Chicago, when Aubrey and I are actually home at the same time?
christmas letter 2013
Merry Christmas friends and family, far and near! I've made it home for the holidays! And while, alas, the rumors ARE true, and I WILL be home later this winter, I'm actually headed back to the Windy City for a few weeks longer following the holiday festivities. Let's not get ahead ourselves, though. We can talk …
