Writing is like being able to put life into a snow globe. It takes the things that are too big and scary and reduces them into a form that I can put away when I want and look at from a distance. It also takes all that’s good in life and captures it into something I can take out when I want and look at close up and keep forever. It makes the bad things into something I can hold…and the good things into something I can hold onto. Both help so much that I need that little souvenir of life.

Awards

The Binnacle’s 2015 Ultra-Short competition: honorable mention

Finalist, Reader’s Digest 2014 100-Word Your Life Essay Contest

The Binnacle’s 2013 Ultra-Short competition: honorable mention

Spruce Mountain Press Past Loves Day contest: honorable mention

Springfield Writers’ Guild’s 17th Annual Literary Award, first place Haiku

Omaha World Herald Opportunity for Writers contest, first place

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