We got into the taxi, giggling and catching as many glimpses of Antonio as we could in his rearview mirror. Every time he turned around...

What were you hoping for this time? An old piece of me sitting on a shelf, not yet dusted? Stuck. Wanting. Lonely. Was this what you were...

I've been waking up peacefully lately. The first few moments before opening my eyes have been met with a stillness and grace I haven't...

I was fourteen the first time my heart was broken. I was laying lifelessly on the couch with mono when I received a large silky teddy...

When I saw you the other day I didn't know what to say except that I hope you're happy. It's funny, isn't it? How you can know a person...

It's funny, at the beginning of this year when I was battling the idea of sudden and vast change, the thought of being alone most of the...

I don't know why I write about love and heartbreak the most. It's not as though every poem I write were about you, or him, or someone I...

As a little girl I'd look forward to hot summer days spent running through sprinklers, hiding behind trees, laying on freshly cut grass...

Do you ever think of the power of your small, moment to moment, day after day decisions?

Happy Valentine's Day! The holiday that is the most loved or loathed among us. (Is it even a real holiday?) I start this newsletter today...

“Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. I say, fall head over heels. Find someone you can love like crazy and who...

Sometimes I find that I'm constantly trying to change myself; to become something better and new. Sometimes who I am now doesn't feel...

He told me he could picture us getting married one day. He brushed his beard against the side of my face, his wet lips grazing my ear,...

It was one of those things where you just knew. You knew in the buried abyss of your gut that something was exactly how you thought it...

I've written a lot about the topic of trust in the past and how trusting people was often really hard for me to do. I've shared with you...

I used to think I was alone and crazy in how I felt in my former love relationships. The conversations that my mind would often have with...

Love has always taken the spotlight of my life. Whether blissfully in love or desperately heartbroken, it has always commanded and...

“I have an idea that this is what enduring love really means. Your memories of a girl at seventeen become as real and vivid as the...

Have you ever had a gut feeling that was so incredibly strong and over powering that you simply could just not deny it? Whether your...

As I was going through older pieces of writing over the past few years, I stumbled upon a letter that I read at my Pop Pop's wake in May...