The Sophia Project

I’m having one of those days. One of those stupid days. One of those stupid days when gravity seems extra strong, nothing gets done, and everyone gets on my nerves. If I were 13 years old and having a day like today, I’d be pouty and whiny and out of sorts. My mom would roll [...]

In two weeks I turn 40 years old. I hardly know what to make of that number. Four-Oh. 40. Four decades. I’ve been alive for a while now. Most days it surprises me, how long I’ve been here on this planet, how many years I’ve lived inside this body. I’m not dreading turning 40 like [...]

This time of year always impacts me powerfully, the week between Christmas and the New Year. I like it even better than the peak holiday season: this week is so quiet, so still. As if the whole world is holding its breath, waiting for the new year to arrive. I decided to take today for [...]

Somehow I learned that love was finite and if I said “no” it might never come around again.   And so I smiled and nodded and never said “yes” (not exactly) and sleep-walked through relationships numb to my own sadness and wondered why I felt so alone, even with an arm draped around me, even [...]