Whenever I write about New York, I listen to Alicia Key’s Empire State of Mind on repeat. My sister would shame me and tell me that I should be listening to Sinatra, but to each their own. So, as I write this I hear Alicia pound the keys while singing about a pocket full of dreams,...
I like mornings the best. The sun still sits low behind the horizon. Darkness surrounds me while little people are still taking deep breaths in quiet sleep. There are no voices yet telling me what I should think. What I should wear. What I should eat. How I should live. No voices telling me who...
It was just a few years ago when SummerK began. At the time, I had no idea what was ahead. Even today, there is no road map to where this journey will take me and I’ve come to understand that I exist best when I simply trust the process. But still, today, I am ever so...
Let’s play Memory! I turned down the radio and focused my ears toward the back of the car to make sure I heard her correctly. What? I asked, feeling confused. Let’s play Memory! she insisted. I looked in the rear-view mirror to confirm that it was just the two of us in the car. Perhaps one...
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