Essays, read aloud in my home recording studio surrounded by my shirts and shoes.

A night spent with the funniest man on the face of the earth, right before it all went down.

An unexpected lesson learned in a circus tent, on a scorching Iowa summer day.

A beloved mutt that deserved more attention, an example for future generations.

Looking back at one's life is like a preview to a movie. My siblings and I dance like butterflies in the late afternoon sun.

The quest to find that one object that will bring back childhood!

The painful confessions of a 17 year old Catholic girl who is not a Christian in the world.

How I found my purpose in life, on the carpeted floor of my walk-in bedroom closet, surrounded by clothes that don't fit me and that aren't really me.