I’m not able to write about the typhoon in the Philippines. I am overwhelmed by the devastation of my homeland. I am devastated by this calamity.
Author: Lisa
Stop. Breathe. Run In A Dress
Last week I had a work meeting at a site away from my usual office. The morning colors of the fall day were distracting. It was so bright, so clear, the sunshine setting everything on fire. Leaves, trees, and bushels seemed to be on fire from the inside out. I made it to my meeting […]
Imbalance Should Never Be Normalized: On Mothers, Writing, and Choosing Your Partner Parent
I’ve been thinking a lot about how much time I read and absorb the life advice from other writers. It’s soft addiction. Articles about the challenge of motherhood and writing smell like dessert, and I devour each one as if I’ll find myself in someone else’s once kept now open secrets. Who you choose to […]
The Slippery Slope of Writers Using Social Media: What I Learned from Shutting Down and Going Offline
Social media had sunk its teeth deep into my flesh. I noticed that I was spending more time reading my colleague’s work, reading articles about writing, absorbing top ten lists of famous author practices, shaking my head over the latest news about Pope Francis, and laughing over clever memes and looking over quickly written haikus […]
Processing Sexuality & Spirituality: On Queer Identity, Love, and Un-Identifying
There were two rather unexpected events that took place yesterday. If I look closely, I see how these two seemingly different events perfectly illustrate my life and my identity right now. At two o’clock yesterday, I went for spiritual direction. Spiritual direction is a form of spiritual practice where you typically spend an hour or […]
Ecdysis: A Free Write on Snakes, Skin, and Necessary Growth
I was 22 years old and pouring out my heart to a priest who would eventually marry me and the man who was the reason I was pouring out my heart. But I didn’t know that then. I poured out my heart because I didn’t know how else to deal with its leaking. The embarrassing […]
Today’s Top 10 Epiphanies
1. I worry, extensively and probably needlessly, about expectations. 2. I define friendship and closeness by how comfortable I feel when we are together in a new place. 3. Negativity. I don’t do it. Don’t want to be around it. Can’t explain it but I know it when I sense it. 4. Contrary to gender […]
Racism and The Catholic Church
Below is an incredibly brief processing of the conference I went to a few weeks ago, “Amazing Grace,” the Cleveland Archdiocese’s Forum on Race and Faith…. I recently had the pleasure of attending a conference, “Amazing Grace: The Diocese of Cleveland Forum on Race” two weeks ago. There were provocative keynote addresses and rich breakout […]
Transforming Rape Culture from Steubenville to Anywhere, USA
Crossposted at The Feminist Wire I usually beam when Ohio makes news. Usually. In presidential election years, the inner grin shows its teeth when I hear the famous phrase, “As goes Ohio, so goes the nation.” Over the past several months however, as a writer living in the Buckeye state, I have found this saying […]
Notes on The Steubenville Rape Case: Addressing the Longstanding Issues
Things often come to me in bursts. Bursts posted here concerning the Steubenville rape case. This thread will be ongoing. [Trigger Warning (TW) for topic]I’ve been writing about/following this case for months. My overall concerns with the Steubenville, Ohio rape trial is that regardless of the judge’s decision, there are longstanding problems that need to […]