Over the last week I have really reflected on the highlights and themes I have noticed since this challenge began. And I find myself reflecting on the fact that this part of the challenge is aligned with the time of year where I intentionally evaluate what my goals for the last year were and identifying where I want to go […]
#JuWriSoMos Reflections, week 6
As I reflect back on this past week writing each day, I am drawn to the writing prompt for Saturday. Really it was the whole week building to that prompt, but Saturday is when it hit me. When I look back at what I’ve written so far, what keeps jumping out to me is how much I underestimate myself, even […]
Services Notice: Extended Breaks
I appreciate your partnership, support, and participation in building up survivor leadership, developing trauma-ready responses to human trafficking that include the work of anti-racism through an intersectional lens. Your dedication to care for yourself and your community is critical to this work. To that end, and in order to provide the best services possible, my office will be closed during […]
#JuWriSoMos Reflections, Week 5
My reflections this week are going to focus on something other than my writing… This week, I reflect not only on my writing but also on the events of the last seven days…and I am reminded of the critical importance of disruption and raising up the next generation with new messages. Despite the pressures, we may feel to maintain or […]
#JuWriSoMos Reflections, Week 4
The #JuWriSoMos challenge has been very helpful for me this past week. In spite of the occasional struggle that I have to put words down on paper, I found myself identifying some patterns that I hadn’t noticed before. I don’t know that I have ever taken the time to reflect on, and write down, why I want to write the […]
#JuWriSoMos reflections, week 3
This week was one that tested me. Not only was I out of my routine, and not in my own space, but I was also struck by the weight of the prompts for this week. Had I the time, I would have written for hours about some of the prompts. Weird, honestly, because they were about feelings. And, as a […]
#JuWriSoMos week 2 reflection
This week was hard. I had a lot going on, jam packed schedule on top of stuff not working like it should. There was one day where I had to change my writing time to later in the day, tempted to just “make it up tomorrow” or forget about it altogether, I changed my calendar block and told myself I’d […]
#JuWriSoMos, the beginning and week one
My whole being has been telling me I need to write more. I need to get back into writing consistently. If not to complete the thousands of personal projects I have milling around in my brain, to simply begin to get some of the jumble out of my head and onto paper. That always helps. I kept meaning to, and […]
#JuWriSoMos Challenge
Aspiring authors, folks who breathe better after they write but just can’t get into a rhythm, folks with a million responsibilities and a nanosecond of time, folks who can’t focus, folks who get overwhelmed by the massiveness of 50k words, folks who are super hard on themselves when they don’t meet goals even if there’s super good reasons for it, […]
Twenty Two
Twenty two years ago today… So much has happened between then and today, lifetimes worth of happenings. Some of those happenings have been enjoyable, joy jilled, exciting, energizing. Others have been heartbreaking, devastating, destructive to the soul. It hasn’t been an easy road, and there have been so many times when giving up seemed like a better option. There hasn’t […]