self-discovery

  • Casa del Phoenix

    The apartment was a clean slate… a blank page on which to write a new life. My interest in design predated this turbulent chapter of my life. Even while living in her house, I had begun carving out a small… Continue reading

    Casa del Phoenix
  • Heavy Baggage

    I have been thinking further about my previous piece, The Skip in the Groove. In that essay, I wrote about how certain triggers can bring one back into the trauma that you think you have been coming to terms with.… Continue reading

    Heavy Baggage
  • Where Healing Begins

    When I wrote the first post on this blog, it was on the occasion of my tenth wedding anniversary. It was a remarkably difficult day. I wrestled with memories of that day, the five years that had preceded it, and… Continue reading

    Where Healing Begins
  • The Veil Lifts

    I have been struggling to find the right word to describe something I have been considering for a while. These thoughts began a few weeks ago in my lawyer’s office, as we were discussing strategy for a very complicated and… Continue reading

    The Veil Lifts