They aren’t actually all different. That’s a myth that’s been busted. But it’s still a nice sentiment. And lack of originality Doesn’t...

A room full of friends and strangers All seated in neat and tidy rows In their sharpest outfits Brought together by a common force To...

Sinking feelings get a bad name Not all sinking feelings are omens Warning of sorrow and dread to come In fact if I can stay still A...

Today I learned something important: The falling rain makes more than just one sound. Sitting next to my open window, The symphony of...

A love of trains runs in my family And through my veins The tracks of my DNA call out To the tracks that stretch across borders Memories...

They're perpetually overflowing, And yet somehow I know I will always find space For just one more. Sometimes I look at the crowded...

Oh, how we cheat and rob This Westernized Christ Child Of love and family and divine entropy, As every December We dust off the nativity...

I did not think when I climbed aboard The California Zephyr Train Number 6 In Sacramento, bound for Denver, That God would be my seat...

Take yourself, all alone, to places Where nature and architecture Speak in different accents. Don’t ask the travel guide For a restaurant...

It creeps up on you. Because at first it feels like light. Your wick is fresh and waxy. You have so much to give. You’re on fire, baby!...

Sometimes, instead, it looks like Really craving mac and cheese And ordering a salad For the sixth day in a row; Or like eating the same...

The year was 2018, And for the first time ever, Our team spread their wings Winning the game of the year, Finally earning their rings....

Right there In the arms of a stranger Whose name I never got, Who never asked mine. Right there Where I melted into her Soft, thick,...

It’s an ordinary meal with simple ingredients. A pork chop, some roasted veggies, and a honeycrisp apple with almond butter. The entire...

A telescope is capturing pictures of galaxies colliding. Sit with that. Really feel the weight of that. Wrap your head around it as best...

I miss cool crisp mornings playing outside. I miss fishing with my high school friends. I miss early morning swim practices, And car...

I live in a world of nested extremes With little tolerance for the space in between. It's not something I'd say I recommend It's just the...

The sun sets over the ocean. And what do we do? We grab our phones and snap a pic for Instagram. As She sinks closer to the horizon, we...

Sometimes I get jealous of people who tell me there are voices in their head. “Only voices?” I wonder. Because there are not just voices...

Cemeteries are for the living. At first it seems rather odd, Rolling green hills and concrete, Trees and bricks and marble, All used to...