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The Redbud Hyphen // Surrendering to Possibility (August 2025)
The Redbud Hyphen // The Glow of Connection (January 2025)
The Redbud Hyphen // Believing (December 2024)
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Awake Our Hearts // Remembering Life (September 2023)
(in)courage // The Gift of a Grilled Cheese (June 2023)
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Connected through beads and bread
I awoke to the rhythmic murmurs of my mother praying. Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Hail Mary,...
books for my curator dreams
I daydream of working among works of art. In the meantime, I’ve been “researching” art museum and gallery life in the world of books. These are some of my favorites.
packed with love
My Argentine mother-in-law stopped me in the hallway to give me a drying rack and a package of new sponges. We had been staying with her and my father-in-law for about a week as we waited to move into our new house. As move-in day approached, the gifted pile of items...
the sea in me
You planted in me a love for the ocean, but a life so far from its shores. Maybe the love originates from a thread deeper than you, one that reaches back to our ancestors whose home on the islands was all they knew. How did we get so far away from them? Or them from...
blessed bodies
In the summer of 2023, an unexpected change occurred. My son, who a few years earlier would barely brush his teeth or comb his hair, suddenly discovered himself in the mirror. Almost overnight, he decided that how he looked mattered. He started to try different...
Book List: Connecting Culture + Nature
The threads connecting nature and culture are sewn deeply into my life experience. My childhood summer vacations to the Philippines often coincided with the rainy season. Instead of considering it a hardship, we’d treasure the rain that refreshed us and gave us relief...
Library Love
Every night I read my son Cristian a set of bedtime stories. Even at one year old, he loves books and can pick his favorites. One book that always makes the stack is Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn & Rosalind Beardshaw. It is a short and sweet book about a...
our Chagall story
Twenty-five years ago, we took a train from Madrid to Nice on France’s Côte d’Azur. We, my friend Sarah and I, left our study abroad classmates behind for a holiday trip around Europe. The train was delayed in Marseille, and our basic French didn’t quite help us...
strangers no more
One of the hardest things for me to do as an (extroverted) introvert is starting a conversation with a stranger. Whether it’s a room full of high-powered leaders, folks with a common interest, or even little kids, gatherings can be anxiety-inducing for me. It makes it...
“We do not write in order to be understood;
we write in order to understand.”
– C.S. Lewis