by parrish | Nov 11, 2024 | Creating, Mothering
This piece was first published in 2017 as part of an anthology but over the past week, leading up to my first son’s 14th birthday (wtf!!!), it kept coming to mind. Today, on his big day, I pulled it up and reread it and wow… as a writer, it always stuns me...
by parrish | Nov 3, 2024 | Being Human
TW: violence, death, abuse Last week in my town a fifteen year old boy was killed. A family is broken. An unimaginable loss has filled those hearts, grief their now constant companion. That alone is devastating, more than any family should have to bear. But...
by parrish | Feb 18, 2024 | Being Human, Loving, Mental Health
A couple weeks ago, I had a heart-changing conversation. It was beautiful, healing and full of love. It was a conversation I never thought would happen, an apology I never thought I’d receive. But this isn’t a post about the breakdown – it doesn’t matter who...
by parrish | Jan 21, 2024 | Being Human, Loving
I’ve come to accept that to be human is to ache. We may try to avoid it, to keep the pain away, but our efforts are foolish. Just as a smile will once again cross our face, so will tears stream down our cheeks. Grief and heartbreak come in many forms. From a loss of...
by parrish | Jan 14, 2024 | Being Human, Feminist AF
This was the week I learned to use a snow blower. I know, it’s not glamorous or maybe even interesting. It’s just a snow blower. But it’s so much more than that too. I’ve been living on my own since the fall of 2018. For more than five years I have been doing my best...
by parrish | Jan 7, 2024 | Being Human, Loving, Mental Health, Mothering, Parenting
I’ve done very little personal writing the last few years. I used to blog about being a mom to two spirited children. I wrote about moving home to my small town, about my own mental health. But since my divorce in 2018, it’s been harder to know what to say. I haven’t...
