Dear Justin, Thank you for your hug at my first Blue show. Thank you for signing my copy of An Open Book. It still means a lot to me. It was very sweet of you to hug me. You’re one of the coolest and sweetest guys I know. I love your music because it’s helped meContinue reading “Dear Justin”
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Dear Jim Cummings,
Your voice is my childhood. Ever since I found out who voiced Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, I learned that you’ve given your voice to so many characters I recognize from my childhood.
Dear Lin Manuel Miranda,
Thank you so much for writing about “the ten dollar founding father.” Your acclaimed Grammy, Tony award-winning, Pulitzer Prize musical Hamilton has not only educated but inspired thousands of people, including me.
Mother’s Day Heroes: My Parents, Doctors & Nurses
Happy Mother’s Day! My mom is one of my heroes. With the help of my amazing doctors and nurses, she brought me into this world via a c-section, at 24-and-a-half weeks, a very tiny babe weighing only 1 pound, 1 ounce. I was the size of standard typing paper. I was a micro preemie, aContinue reading “Mother’s Day Heroes: My Parents, Doctors & Nurses”
Dear Mary Oliver,
I never did get to write you when you were here, on this Earth. I regret not telling you how much your poetry calms and inspires me to love the natural world. Still, this is me making up for it.