The Books We Carry
The book I’ve had the longest? Charlotte’s Web.
She saved Wilbur with her words. She asked for nothing in return. Just love for love’s sake.
I’ve carried this book with me — across states, through seasons, into motherhood. And now, a new favorite ending joins it — this one from Heartwood by Amity Gaige.
It begins:
“All emotions start out as love…”
Deathiversary
I started writing a book about my middle brother in July of 2020. The idea had been steeping for a while, then a friend was killed in an ATV accident. And one of my favorite people on the planet lost her seemingly healthy middle-aged husband to a heart attack. Finally, a woman I’d known since high school, whom I admired and even loved, also died- all in that month.
What am I even doing?
At the end of the last school year, I asked my seventh-grade students to write six-word memoirs. I was looking for an activity that would challenge them to capture who they were, at that moment in time, in as few words as possible.
