Short writings for people who want to connect

My name is Jen. I am an author, a mother, a wife, a beast wrangler, and a mediocre donut chef. I am obsessed with reading, writing, and viewing creative, personal work (also, maple frosting recipes rank up there, too). Work that comes from the heart, work that I must make.

I am inspired by others who have the bravery to delve deeply into themselves and show the world what they find there.

My fiction is all well and good, and it’s not too bad, but the work you will find here is where the personal and fictitious collide. Where my raw heart and craft come together and create something that must be shared.

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Real things, dark things, wishes, and hope. Short essays and poetry about life on the other side of trauma.

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I am an adoptive mother of two, a cancer survivor (twice now), and a survivor of a childhood steeped in mental illness. Memoir, essay, photography, and poetry.