by jo | Oct 7, 2015 | Memoir & Essays
The dress is white, sleeveless, summery. The fabric is decorated with large, orangish flowers — daisies maybe — flowers painted in a way to give the dress more a sense of womanhood than girlhood. It falls just below my knees, or at least it did the last time I wore...
by jo | May 7, 2014 | Everyday Stories, fitness and health
Ask for what you need. That was a mantra repeated again and again at Onsite when I was there a year ago this week. Onsite is an intensive therapy workshop in Tennessee, and it was the setting for the most significant week of my life to date. I heard about it first...
by jo | Feb 25, 2014 | Everyday Stories
I had this thought the other day: This is the renaissance of my life. I am learning about music that I like, music that is out there, music that I want to sing along to. Music I want to dance to and music that dances with me. Music that makes me cry, and some that...