Ad Astra It means "to the stars." _____________ I’ll never forget that one night I was flying over the ocean. Outside the tiny window,...

(I can feel the shock from my family as they read the title.) Historically, I am a pessimist.  A Grump.  An Eeyore.  The glass is...

It was dark the night He came, so dark in fact, that the very sky seemed to hold its breath in waiting. Nestled in the hills, Bethlehem...

Sometimes it feels like a dream.  I can barely picture those palm trees in my memory,  can barely smell the masala ’s scent wafting...

I used to think the night shift was boring. I used to, but I have been corrected. This summer, between Trips and Teacher's Prep and the...

“Why can’t I sleep?” I asked the Moon, And this, his swift reply: “So you can keep me company Out here this cold tonight!” I turned then...

May 27th, 2024 Grant County, KS. I need help. There is something I need to know-- something I’ve been trying to learn for years. I don't...

April 21, 2024 Grant County, KS I sit in the Waiting Room, staring at the door, willing it to open. Surely it will open if I stare at it...

Forgive me. I’m sure you’ll know what I mean when I say, “I don’t have the words.” There are things they don't tell you about grief— how...

January 22, 2024 Grant County, Kansas I used to know Death differently. Death was an end; a scary, unknown ending of life. Helplessly...

Grant County, Kansas I’ll spare you the details, but there’s a story here: She was the same age as us, which was the age when one has...

November 26, 2023 Grant County, Kansas 6 months later, I haven't forgetten. I think about you every day. I've been reaching out in my...

A king calls you into his palace to present you with a gift you did nothing to deserve. The king is funny that way. He leads you down a...

I love old people. I hope they don’t mind if I call them that. They call themselves that after all. When one wheelchair was moved to be...

September 11, 2023 Grant County, Kansas On this day two years ago, I left the U.S. to live with people I had never met in a country I’d...