My Writing

My work has been published in various publications including The Examined Life: A  Journal of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Westview: A Journal of Western Oklahoma, Wild Violet Literary Magazine, The Bitter Oleander, Barren, Relevant Magazine, Women’s Adventure Magazine, Today’s Christian Woman, MetroParent, Just Between Us, SheLoves Magazine, Radiant Magazine, and on Beliefnet.com. One of my essays received a Silver Award in Travelers’ Tales Fifth Annual Solas Awards. Another essay was a finalist in Penguin Random House’s Biographile (now Signature) Short Memoir Contest.

I hope you enjoy reading some of my favorites.

Fiction

Remembering Lily – Fiction/Short Story
The Examined Life: A Literary Journal of the Carver College of Medicine, Fall 2015, Issue 4.2 – University of Iowa, pp. 65-69

The Scent of Maple – Fiction/Short Story
Westview: A Journal of Western Oklahoma, Spring/Summer 2015, Volume 31, Number 2

November Chill – Fiction/Short Story
Wild Violet Literary Magazine – August 2013

Non-Fiction

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Editor’s Pick, Creative Non-Fiction, Barren Magazine – Issue No. 4, The Gathering Field

When You’re Mothering Your Mother
Just Between Us Magazine – Summer Issue 2012

Loss and Nudgings
Finalist in Penguin Random House’s Biographile Short Memoir Contest on Overcoming Loss – May 2012
(Biographile is now Signature)

Facing Down Harry
Silver SOLAS Award Winner 2011 from Travelers’ Tales in Animal Encounters
Women’s Adventure Magazine – March 2011

Hope & Joy – Letter to Special Needs Parents
Metro Parent Magazine – September 2013