Oh hey! Hi there!

Yes, I still exist.

So, it’s been a while. Like a long while.

I would apologize…

…but I’m not sorry.

2025 taught me a lot about myself.

What I can and can’t handle. What matters to me.

How I want to show up.

A friend of mine—Kay over at The Unbound Circle—recently posted an essay about showing up, unapologetically as yourself.

None of this “Be Normal” crap we have been fed for years and years.

So. Here I am.

Showing up, unapologetically as myself.

I started thinking about what I need to be the best mom, partner, friend, teacher, writer I can be.

Some days that means showing up at the crack of 5am to write for two hours before going to my day job.

Other days it means cuddling with my kid until the clock tells me it’s time to be a teacher.

Often it looks like checking in with a friend I haven’t heard from in a while, or jumping into a call with other women who write.

Sometimes it’s laying in bed, staring at the ceiling fan spin

and spin

and spin.

Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash

That brings me here.

To my new era.

My slow, steady, lit-from-the-inside Era.

This is where I write slowly about the things I love,

the things I care about.

I stop forcing things that don’t feel good,

and protect the fuck out of my peace.

And if you’re here, figuring that out too—

I’m really glad you are.

See you around.

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