Book Review: Tom Lake

Earlier this year I read The Dutch House by Ann Patchett and absolutely loved the storytelling. You can read my full review here, but my overall description would be that the novel was a poetic ode to family in all its beauty and complexity. The book felt rich. I am always years behind on best-seller…

Book Review: Till We Have Faces

There are some books that keep you turning their pages long past your bedtime and then make you ponder their plots as you dream throughout the day. I recently discovered that Till We Have Faces, by C.S. Lewis is one of those books for me. I actually bought my copy of the novel a while…

Growing Pains

When moms don’t answer phones Somehow It adds insult to injury I’m an adult I don’t need to be parented I just Need my parent. She’s busy, Working, gardening, reading, sleeping. She’s an adult. Adults just have to do things. I just have to make decisions. On my own. But I don’t want to. I…