Running From… Running Toward

There’s this thing I think about when I have an intense desire to run away. Not sure where I picked it up, but it works for me. If you’re going to leave something—a relationship, a family, a job, a place, a whole way of life—you’ll know you’re ready to exit when you have an idea of what you’re moving TOWARD and not just what you’re running FROM. Because—ala Jon Kabat-Zinn—wherever you go, there you are.

Leaving Mississippi

I had to leave Mississippi to survive. After the custody hearing, I bega...