It started with a diary.
When Asking a Friend Is Just Not Enough
The kind with a lock and key. The only problem was I spent way too much time looking for the key. Graduated to a journal. No key. The trick was remembering where I hid the private journal.
I always knew:
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How cathartic writing is; how character development intrigued me.
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Reading opened doors.
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Working with youth called to me.
Why or why do I write?
I write to untangle the messiness in my brain.
I write because the written word comes straight from my heart and helps me to clarify, understand, transform, create and grow.
I write because I can’t imagine not doing so.
I write because I’m a lifelong learner and reader.
I write because I hope my words touch others.
Publications
Persimmon Tree · Winter 2025
Common Ground Review · Spring/Summer 2020
Look What they've Done to My Poem
Common Ground Review · Spring/Summer 2020
CURE TODAY · Jun 26, 2017
CURE TODAY and HEAL supplement · Mar 30, 2017
Featured as "Voice" in hard copy of CURE TODAY and HEAL journal.
I've Been There: A Poem About Cancer
CURE TODAY · Nov 14, 2016
Facing Breast Cancer, I Didn't Cry
CURE TODAY · Oct 5, 2016
Cirque Journal - Volume 7, Number 2 · Jun 21, 2016
Be Proactive - Cancer is not a wait and see disease.
Seattle Times (My Take) · Nov 20, 2015
Cirque Journal 10th year anniversary edition
Feelings around being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Golf on a Friday Afternoon
Persimmon Tree Literary Magazine
Persimmon Tree Literary Journal
Persimmon Tree Literary Magazine
"Pandemic Diaries" Journal entry March 15, 2021
Series of columns - contributing columnist
Bellevue "Journal American"