Sometimes the inner critic is right, but that doesn't mean I have to listen to her.

the historical voices I study have been ignored, imprisoned, and ridiculed for their words; is today different?

I write compulsively when I have time and space. And I am currently making said time and space. It’s my self care.

Keys tapping or the gentle pen scratch sooths my heart and mind. Writing is medicine, and while life sometimes gets in the way, I never talk myself out of the act of writing and flow—the creative stream weaves its way around any block … even…