Dec 12, 2018
Life is sexually transmitted, literally, but we still struggle to accept our sexual nature. Which makes it exponentially harder to accept the sexual nature other people, especially if the other person is your child.
I truly believe that normalizing conversations about sex and sexuality is one of the keys to healing rape...
Nov 28, 2018
We undergo metamorphosis time and time again. The changes are visceral, seeping into our bones and transforming us from the inside out.... until we become someone else.
Some shifts are chosen, but most often it's guided by something greater than ourselves and completely uninvited. With change comes discomfort and with...
Nov 14, 2018
We are born of blood. It blankets and cushions us in utero. Flooding our veins and delivering nourishment, from dawn to dusk.
It stains our hands and our sheets. It saves lives and connects lineage. It transports and transforms. Blood is the tie that binds and severs. It is all the things. Hated and loved. Warm and...
Oct 31, 2018
Birth is the original right of passage. It's the first in a two-part agreement between us and the cosmos. We arrive through the portal of the womb, enshrouded in caul and pregnant with the DNA of infinity.
With no memory of where we were before sperm met ovum, we embark on a journey from ignorance to remembrance....
Oct 17, 2018
Death is not optional. It is a right of passage, like puberty and midlife. But unlike puberty and midlife, death is guaranteed. Each of us is destined to shed the shroud of this human body and transition into otherness. And until that time arrives, we will say goodbye over and over again.
We will bury parents, friends,...