“I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.” – William Faulkner
You know what I was not meant to have? Control. Self-, others-, situational-, political-, government-, project-, subordinate-. None of it. I am involuntarily exerting control over my words, even as I type them. I used to be able to write freely, flowingly, honestly, carelessly. Not in an “I-don’t-care-about-others” kind of…
>We decided to have our reception at the church as well. It will be in a separate building, a big ol’ building with fabulous audio/visual…
>So, the firethroat was, in fact, strep throat, which in all of my years, I have never had. And now I have. May it be…
>My throat hurts so bad that I have taken to numbing it in order to be able to swallow my own spit without crying.
>Just got home from a photo session with Chris where we sat for engagement portraits. It was super-fun. The photographer, Candice White, was super-laid-back and…

I’m Christi, and I have been writing, well, since I learned to write as a little girl. I learned in my 40’s that writing saves lives and sanity, and that is exactly why I am still here.