Michelle Walsh2 days ago2 minI Stopped Cooking DinnerOne day I stopped cooking dinner. Twenty years of preparing this meal every night left me feeling like I needed a break. So I took it....
Michelle WalshJun 243 minOpportunity of a LifetimeI did it. I completed a 4 day Writing Workshop in a place I have never been to by myself, without knowing a single soul. I did it. ...
Michelle WalshJun 192 minClam ShellsI write so I won’t forget the simplest, most minute details of this living sandwich unfold. Take the sun rising and setting, for example....
Michelle WalshJun 42 minBe Like Willie...I don’t understand how this happened again. I was barely 26 years old, fresh and green, only teaching 3 years - and then Columbine...
Michelle WalshJun 32 minTornadoI have forgotten to pray. This reminder came from a respected teacher in a random zoom room that I happened to be in at the last minute...
Michelle WalshMay 272 minSiftingIn the course of one week, I feel as though I have lived multiple lifetimes. While merging onto HWY 17, the dashboard on my Prius lit up...
Michelle WalshMay 261 minHoldingHow do we hold both things simultaneously, sorrow and joy? Like a scale in the produce department of Nob Hill measuring fruit to prepare...
Michelle WalshMay 123 minMarshmallowsI have shared many stories before, but never this one. Mainly because it has been tucked away, neatly filed in a category called: ...
Michelle WalshMay 62 minTwo Way SpeakerHey Mama, Can you believe the ladybugs are graduating college? Do you remember the day we came home from the hospital with two bundles of...
Michelle WalshApr 293 minSpaghetti StrapsPSA: I use controversial words like spaghetti straps, body shaming and bra in this post. If you find those words upsetting, you may want...
Michelle WalshApr 272 minThe DanceWhile standing in line to purchase groceries just two days ago, I was gob smacked when I realized I don’t have a mom to buy a Mother’s...
Michelle WalshApr 222 minThis One is for the KidsTo the graduating class of 2020 who got 7 out of 9 months of solid normalcy before your lives were completely turned upside down: you are...
Michelle WalshApr 193 minThe SeekerThe Questioning Seeker: a middle aged woman fighting for justice, one sacrament at a time. This post may upset some Catholics…and I’m...
Michelle WalshApr 132 minAll I Know So FarWhen two of my teenage daughters head to SF for a concert halfway dressed, as the young folk do, I hold my anxiety in my gut like an...
Michelle WalshApr 82 minAll You Need...I have been feeling nostalgic about the twins graduating from college in May. It's a milestone first for all of us: them as students,...
Michelle WalshApr 13 minCan I Get an Amen?* Trigger Warning: Love is spoken about in this controversial post. Read at your own discretion * Tom and I went to listen to an...
Michelle WalshMar 262 minWhen You're a DaughterWhen you’re a daughter, you want to be just like the very best parts of your mom. Whether she is an excellent cook, a lean-in listener,...
Michelle WalshMar 232 minAfter DarkPeople who go to bed early are really onto something. P.W.G.T.B.E. seem to have their ducks in a row. I imagine them responsibly...
Michelle WalshMar 203 minReturningI was driving down my street when I noticed a grandfather holding a wee one, about one year or so securely in his arms, facing out. It...
Michelle WalshMar 171 minBattle CryI don’t care anymore… I don’t care that I am that weirdo/tree hugger who needs to forest bathe every single day. I don’t care that I stop...