Dolly Parton
A memory. My parents took us on a trip to the Las Vegas of Tennessee — Gatlinburg — on another occasion. We had to drive a mere four hours this time. Piece. Of. Cake. We went to Gatlinburg. We stayed in a…
Precious Coral
A color from the sea, and a color that’s always stuck with me… I realized today why I like the color coral so much. When I was younger, one of our family friends was named Coral. A daughter, like me.…
Vulnerability and Armor and Words in Creative Nonfiction
It takes a lot to be vulnerable. To lay your thoughts and feelings out in the open and truly let others see your inner workings is momentous. Sometimes vulnerability is seen as something negative and something to hide. We are…