10 months.

dear jude,
the other day, you turned 10 whole months old. once again, i’m flabbergasted at how quickly time sprints forward anymore. you’ll hear this a lot from me, i think, for the rest of my life. time, as i once knew it, is a hazy memory. i might remember something about [...]

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choosing easter.

lately, i have been talking a lot, in therapy, and with h, about the possibility of going to church again. and i have been intensely torn about the idea. on one hand, the natural rhythm of my life has always been found in seasons like advent and lent, and my soul has ached [...]

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next stop: walking.

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midwestern fantasy.

so, iowa legalized gay marriage today!
and i had a thought. imagine h and jude and i driving to, oh say, des moines, so h and i can get hitched? our nuptial road trip would take us through such gay-havens as outside-austin texas, oklahoma, kansas, and missouri. a veritable rural rainbow.
if it weren’t april [...]

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been a while.

hello there, friends.
so once again it’s been awhile since my last substantive post, and i think it has a lot to do with a lack of momentum. because right now, the waters are still and shiny in my life, and it’s hard to come up with content that goes anywhere beyond, “wow, [...]

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