”Hey, do you need any help?” she asked.
”No, I think I’m okay,” I have replied a million times over the years.
Author: Roxanne
When Two Things Are True
Math is hard. I often say this as a joke, but recently I found out the truth in the statement.
When Stories Become Ours to Keep
The keeper of stories has often been a woman. I didn’t realize how much that mattered until I moved my aunt across the country in a U-Haul. She is the last living sibling on my mother’s sid
The World is Bigger than My Buckets
In the city, I see a little bit of everything. On the subway, very few people look like me, and even when they do, I’m sometimes surprised to overhear them speaking another language. I love the d
Worth Remembering
One of my favorite things about a memorial service is the way people gather. Loved ones and distant relatives come together in moments that rarely happen otherwise.
Fear Came Along for the Ride
I’ve heard it said that courage is not the absence of fear. I have gone on many adventures, so maybe people see me as brave. What I know to be true is that I am equally afraid.
Learning to Live in the Slow Season
What do you do in a slow season of life? I’ve heard them called the lazy days of summer, yet when my kids were growing up, summer felt anything but lazy. We ran from swimming lessons to ball game
It’s not about the Sandwich
Lunch was ready. Everyone had contributed something: three types of bread, two kinds of meat and three cheeses. As people began building their sandwiches, I was shocked by my internal reaction. Read More
The Gift of Irrelevance: Blooming Unseen
I’ve always been fascinated by flowers that grow wildly in places they may never be seen. Just as some ask, “If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound,” I have wondered, “If a flo
The Ingredients of Summer
There is something magical about summer in a small town. Perhaps the magic happens in cities as well, but my lived experience has mostly been in small, rural communities.