One Life One Encounter

  • Longer Than I Meant To

    I spent nearly four months volunteering at a hostel in Guatemala before making my way to…

  • The Work Doesn’t Stop

    You identify your triggers. You learn where they came from, what they look like, how they…

  • The Email Wasn’t For Him

    I can still remember what it felt like to wait. Not for him to change his…

  • No Contact, No Trace

    When I was reading through those journals, I remembered a book I’d bought during that time:…

  • The Woman In The Journals

    When I was packing up my apartment before leaving for Guatemala, I came across the two…

  • Relief Isn’t Healing

    Looking back now, the months after the separation don’t exist in my memory as individual days.…

  • Can We Talk For A Minute?

    For the first few weeks after Mike moved out, I found reasons to call him. There…

  • The Hardest Phone Call

    There was one phone call I kept putting off. Not because I didn’t want my parents…

  • Held

    Much to my disbelief—and if I’m being honest, my frustration—life didn’t stop when Mike walked out…

  • Sitting With Her

    There’s still a lot left to write about the after. The weeks and months between that…