Grateful Canyon: Angela Townsend
There are advantages to being an anxious turnip. You roll across the earth aware of terrors that never came. They did happen, under your skin. They stayed there and returned to the ground. They composted into tomorrow, and tomorrow came.
Detours: Cathy Allman
There is chatter in my mind along
my route although I drive alone.
I pass familiar landmarks
alone but in conversation
with the woman I was another
time on this road.
Redshift 2020: Serena Eve Richardson
My daughter unwraps a toy ambulance.
It takes two AA batteries, lights
up and sounds a siren. The truck gets tucked
into bed with my child later that night.
Your Wild Yes: Amanda Fall
“Words beat against my teeth. I cannot speak. Ache rises from my gut and forms a lump in my throat; I am wordless with need. I feel small, weak, not enough to face the rising tide . . .”
Come back to life
I’m cracked open with love and ache every day, sometimes every moment. I’m made raw with weariness. I’m working to show up imperfectly, bringing my broken/whole, weeping/raging, joyful/grieving self to each moment as best as I can.
#notthisgirl: Michaela Loukas
After enduring ongoing bullying in school, 10-year-old Michaela wrote and delivered a version of this speech in a public speaking competition at her school (Sydney, Australia).
your soul is calling
Where do you hear your soul best?
word of the year: TPS staff
Have you chosen a guiding word or phrase for 2019? TPS staff share their choices.
