Writer’s Diary

All from one little comment

This morning, I read a comment on a story I posted on a client’s page that elevated my blood pressure ever-so-slightly. Listen, I’m the first to tell you not to read the comments if you get your feelings hurt easily, not to reply, not to let any of that rubbish get to you. The internet…

Predictably longing

I woke up this morning in the pitch black with no idea where I was. I reached for Patrick and he wasn’t there, but that told nothing – I often find emptiness beside me, and it isn’t because of anything dramatic or sad. I just travel. A lot. I only realize by the firmness of…

My CURED story

I think 2020 changed most of us in a variety of ways, and for me, the whole of that year was a life-altering experience. There were so many terrible things that came out of that season of life: tragedies and atrocities as lives and careers and families were impacted in unfathomable ways. We each have…