Steps of Presence
Here you’ll find my collection of weekly reflections: lyrical essays on presence, love, and joy. Each piece is a step through daily life that reveals the sacred woven into the ordinary.
Lately, I've been thinking about what it means to be here...and elsewhere. One evening at a restaurant, three women shared a booth but not a conversation. Their attention moved between…
What if ecstasy is not an accident, but a practice? One night over dinner, a friend described a motorcycle accident. In the aftermath, as he drifted in and out of…
Two Dads, One Wound—Two Very Different Endings The phrase Sins of the Father has lived itself out before my eyes in the stories of two men I deeply love. There…
You aren’t one in a million. You are one in eight billion. Maybe it’s time to own your originality. Lately, I’ve been documenting my days through photos and videos. The…
Some insights arrive as lightning bolts. Others emerge through patterns that have been there all along. Through mark making, a simple realization emerged: we are all makers. As I've spent…
Lately, I’ve been wondering about oomph. It’s hard to explain and easier to feel: the kind of vitality that makes you want to show up for your own life. I…
We make decisions as if certainty exists. Yet life teaches otherwise. It’s all an experiment, whether we realize it or not. We fall in love, move across countries, start businesses,…
Recently, I began painting. Not because I expect to become a fine artist or because I need another career. Something inside me simply whispered: How about this? So, here I…
There was a time when you could feel someone’s style the moment they entered a room. Not because it was louder or more dramatic. Quite the opposite. Something about it…
We spend much of our lives trying to be free—free from expectations, from the past, from what has shaped us. But even when some of those things fall away, life…
A Journey Through Life in Essays
Whether you’re here for your first essay or returning, thank you for being part of this journey. Your presence brings these words to life. As we continue to step together, may each reflection spark deeper awareness, connection, and joy in your own daily dance through life.