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An Open Letter About Community Theater

Posted on February 27, 2024February 27, 2024

*this might be a bit of a celebration AND a bit of a rant* I have been associated with community theaters literally as long as I have been in theater. I was a part of the community theater scene in Albion long before it was officially named, branded, and a thing. We met in the…

Broken Crayons Still Color/Broken Hearts Still Beat

Posted on February 21, 2024February 21, 2024

They say that broken crayons can still color.They’re right, I suppose.A broken crayon isn’t ready to be thrown away;There is still a little life left in there. But broken crayons don’t color the same, do they?Their edges are smudged sometimes;They don’t quite stay inside the lines;They don’t quite fit where they used to. At their…

Who They Thought I Was

Posted on February 12, 2024February 12, 2024

“I miss who I thought you were.” The words have echoed in my head for weeks now, replaying over and over again. They miss a version of me, but not me. They miss what I threw out into the world as my reality, but not who I really was. They miss the role I played,…

What No One Tells You

Posted on January 20, 2024January 20, 2024

There are things no one tells youAs you face the world on your ownAfter so many years of not having to navigateA world made for community as a party of one No one tells you how much you’ll miss Being able to just collapse into someone’s armsWhen an average day turns stressfulAnd you just don’t…

May Yesterday Bring Tomorrow

Posted on December 30, 2023December 30, 2023

May the tears cried over the last 365 daysBring renewed life to the new year May the fears faced Bring strength from deep inside May the hurts exposedBe healed completely May the darkness that lingersBe erased in beautiful light May the broken piecesBe mended into a new creation May the unsaid words that scareBe revealed…

The Longest Night

Posted on December 21, 2023

It approaches quietly and without explanationWithout fanfare and without celebrationThe longest night seeps into the bonesEach heart beating, weeping, seekingThere is no way to celebarate the lightUnless we face the reality of the darkest night For a season, for a time, the darkness seems to winAs it creeps into the daytime hours, the light, the…

Pieced Back Together

Posted on December 19, 2023December 19, 2023

Sitting here at the end of 2023, I cannot help but look back at the last 12 months and just want to curl up into a ball on my bed for a good long while. Nothing in my life looks like I expected it would 12 months ago. Nothing. There has been so much heartache…

Dueling Depths

Posted on December 12, 2023December 12, 2023

There are depths to her that no one has seenFears that runs deep and cold, never exposedLongings that are whispered on the wind and forgottenPrayers that are said into the void in hopes of being heard There is pain in her that no one has noticedTwo different sides of her own psyche waring for attentionOne…

The Words I Don’t Say

Posted on December 6, 2023December 6, 2023

Sometimes I write emails, lettersAngry, passionate, hurt rantingsAbout what has been lost and what has been brokenAbout heartbreaking memories I’d rather keep hidden I don’t send them.I don’t share them.They are deleted and lost to the wind,Carried away with the stroke of a keyboard Sometimes I feel better afterwardLike a burden has been lifted from…

Firsts and Lasts

Posted on November 29, 2023November 29, 2023

There is a symmetry to lifeBeginnings and endings; firsts and lastsEncapsulated in the story of who we areHow we’ve lived, loved, fought and celebrated FIRSTS Firsts are easy to remember, we often write them downExcited parents remember first steps and words and smilesSchool days filled with first report cards, first friends, first dancesWe remember our…

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