A Letter to the Unborn

Photo Courtesy: http://tonyfoto.com/ ________________________________________ Dear Child, You did not have a name. It’s not that I didn’t have dozens – hundreds – picked out, of course; it’s just that naming you would have made this all too real. So I will call you child, and hope you don’t find it too condescending. This world is…

Letter to a Friend

Every day the world tells me that I am not good enough. Every day, hundreds of times per day (hundreds of thousands), the world tells me that I am not right. I am not beautiful enough. I am not smart enough. I am not worldly enough. I am not cultured, I am not experienced, I…

Letters to my Niece

Last night I was in a writing mood, but wasn’t really in the mood for storytelling. Poetry seemed… trite. Flash fiction? Just wasn’t feeling the inspiration. As I sat with my laptop scalding my lap [man, those Macbook Pros get hot!], I let my eyes wander the room. Pictures on the coffee table of my…