One Life One Encounter

When We Chose the World

It started, as many stories do, with loss.My then husband’s mother had fallen ill, and though…
One Life, One Encounter

When I began dreaming up this space, I kept circling back to the question of why.Why…
Sunset Over Austin

I’m sitting in my apartment on a Saturday night after spending the day surrounded by old…
Maybe I’ll Find Her in Guatemala

A few weeks ago, wandering the humid, humming streets of New Orleans, I came across a…
A First Step in Guatemala

It’s happening. After months (or maybe years) of dreaming, doubting, planning, and unplanning — the first…
The Gentle Art of Becoming

When I separated from — and eventually divorced — my second husband, it felt like surfacing…
The Art of Unlearning

I used to believe freedom looked like arrival- the perfect job- the perfect love, the perfect…