“Are you willing to let the leaves fall?” This year-old Insta post struck a nerve with me, as we once again turned seasons and as I turned towards the unknown, the future. My husband and I are both learning to let go, in different way. For him, he’s letting go of decades of work to […]
Remaining Uprooted
I didn’t expect it to hurt this much: the leaving. the last-time-to-see this or that person. the last drives on intolerably bumpy roads that I’ve taken anyway. the last glimpses of once-green fields beginning to brown under the summer sun. I’ve been watching these fields for years now, through the sowing and growing and flooding […]
Return
To the one who stayed, and now must return, dear friend, dear self, You didn’t want to stay. Everything within you was ready to go. You were ready. Everything but your bags was packed: your heart, your calling, your identity—stowed away in the treasure boxes you found them in at first. Reburied like sand shuffled […]