Tag: writing life
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Rise Up, Raise Up
This is not a call for you to remember your power in order to be strong because that is such a loaded word. Anyone who has ever been praised for being strong knows how powerless it can make you feel because when the time comes that you actually need to rest or ask for help, […]
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xx So often with you I would stop my words and offer my hands: arms low, wide apart. I have nothing more to give, but, see, I have taken nothing. So we did not speak for a sunny year, and I gave my words freely, told by others how highly you prized them. Instead of […]
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Summer Catch-Up
In the true spirit of summer, I’ve let my days blur into one another without realizing exactly how much has been happening. Now that it’s September (the first month of Halloween as far as I’m concerned), that’s come to an end.
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Have I Mentioned I Live in Chicago?
Because it’s going to come up in the word count a fair few times in this post.
Elizabeth O'Connell-Thompson 