CBK Creative • 28th January 2022

Shadows

He’s gone, my love. He’s gone.
I tuck her curls behind her ear and pull her close. She buries her head into my chest, muffling her sobs. I rock her back and forth. Back and forth. Until I know nothing but the swaying, soothing motion and my rear falling numb on her tiny bed.

CBK Creative • 31st July 2021

Hide

The cold nipped at my cheeks, stinging my flesh. Using the back of my sleeve, I scratched my frozen nose and pulled my jacket higher to cover my exposed neck. Breathing through gritted teeth, I allowed myself to peek over the fence. Even in this weather, sweat stung my eyes and I wiped them gruffly before blinking, hard and fast, to get a better look.

Harness Magazine • 1st September 2020

4 Things I Wish I Understood When I First Started Trying to Conceive

All of my life, I’ve wanted to be a mother. I couldn’t tell you how early in my life I realized it or what I did that day to warrant such a realization; it’s always been there, a tiny light growing in my heart. I just knew I would be a mother someday. I set a plan in my mind: Degree, Marriage, Babies, Author.

The Keller Magazine • 25th August 2017

Events and activities

Fort Worth’s own Delbert McClinton and six-time Grammy winner Buddy Guy will headline the 2017 Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival. The blues legends lead an impressive showcase that includes Ronnie Earl, Marcia Ball, and a host of local talent. While these blues artists sizzle on stage, pitmasters from around the world will be cooking in a Kansas City Barbecue Society competition.

The Keller Magazine • 22nd March 2017

Environmental issues -- and why we care about them.

Recently, millennials have developed a bad reputation. They’re loud and seem to always speak their mind. While this could be construed as a negative thing, it could actually have a positive impact. As a matter of fact, their voices and actions just might save the world.

CEO • 13th January 2017

The Importance of Spaghetti

If someone asked her she would say yes, she was happy. She finally had a place to live and just yesterday she finally unloaded the last ripped gym bag doubling as luggage from her car. She was no longer scared any time she left the house that someone would steal or break into her car and take with them her last shred of dignity and all of her belongings.

The Keller Magazine • 3rd January 2017

Technology Now

In the blink of an eye, 2016 is almost over and while we may not have flying cars or hoverboards that the movies from our past predicted, we still have some pretty interesting technological advances. There’s a common misconception that new and exciting inventions are reserved only for the rich. Luckily that is no longer the case. These new devices and electronics are affordable and available to anyone, anywhere.

Gingerbread House Lit Mag • 30th April 2016

A Spinning Wheel’s Revenge

You burned all of my brothers.
Now I’ll return the favor
and take your precious little girl,
stupid enough to touch my spindle.

HUMID Literary Journal • 1st December 2014

You Are My Home

My home is the nook of your neck.
I find comfort in your tangles
that blanket me. Your hands, soft
to the touch, petal over me like daisies.

Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts • 3rd June 2013

Playing With Fire

I blow onto my frozen fingers, trying to get feeling back into my thumb so I can flick the flint wheel of the lighter. I try again, holding the lighter in both hands this time to keep them
steady.