Hello Cheyenne, Wyoming friends!
I am doing my very first book signing, for the book I published last year, You Are Loved, on Sunday, December 10th from 4-6 PM at the new Barnes & Noble location at 5116 Frontier Mall Drive, Suite 400! Read more …
You Are Loved Is Available Now!
It’s official!
You Are Loved released today. This is one of the biggest milestones of my life, choosing to do something incredibly vulnerable for the sake of my heart.
After a chapter of my life that was filled with despair, I am now walking in a new chapter that involves teetering on the edge of despair while caring for my heart at the same time, even when I don’t feel Loved. Read more …
My First Book Is Being Released!
I’ve been dreaming of this since I was five years old…
My very first book, You Are Loved, is slated for release on July 22! I am overwhelmed right now with a lot of happiness, anxiety, and expectation.
Winder Place was established back in 2019 as a vessel for me to express myself and publish the multiple dozen books I would like to write before the end of my life. Read more …
Caring for Our Needs
In my last post, I expressed in very honest terms the state of my mental health at this time. While most of the sentiments in that (rather scary) post still ring true on some level, there has been a subtle shift in the last several months. Read more …
Making Room for Pain
I’ve had a hard battle with depression for my entire adult life. And every time I think I’m rounding a corner, my hopes are dashed.
I think I’m honestly at one of the lowest points of my life. My mental health has diminished to the point that I am in suffering almost perpetually. Read more …
Accepting Evolution
Last year was one of the most disorienting of my life. And while this was due to many reasons, I think at its core it was a year of asking Pontius Pilate’s infamous question: “What is truth?”
Ever since I met H.L. Read more …
Something Strange
I had my world all figured out
when you appeared.
I had conquered the questions and vanquished the doubt,
yet all went weird.
I had the answers, but all the beauty had hid and run away.
Why does the hall echo with silence? Read more …
My Dilemma
I keep looking for a sign
that everything’s going to turn out fine.
I keep hoping for a way to know
that Love is present in spite of every sorrow.
But what I’m searching for
is an assurance above my floor. Read more …
How to Write a Book That Somebody Will Love
When I was five, I wrote my very first book. It was titled (cough, cough) Cute Little Baby and Cute Little Kid, and it was about a half dozen pages, maybe. It was mostly a few sloppy words with a bunch of stick-figure illustrations, but my kid-self was super, super proud of it. Read more …
You’re a Beautiful Person
Everybody has stuff they’re afraid of. Some people are afraid of the dark. Others of heights. Others of sharks. Others of spiders. Others of tight spaces, or being alone, or not finding “the one,” or being overweight, or something else.
My biggest fear? Read more …