by Katie Wright | Jan 20, 2020 | Expansive life
I wrote once, years ago when I was in law school, that sometimes I felt like a little mole, digging in the darkness. That there are times in one’s life when there seems to be no light and no purpose outside of this one action: to move dirt and move through. It is a...
by Katie Wright | Dec 20, 2018 | Expansive life
“I’m sorry. He said what?” I had been finishing my morning coffee when I’d decided to check in with the AAA insurance representative. (In hindsight, contacting an insurance adjuster first thing is not the morning ritual I recommend.) A few weeks ago, I was driving...
by Katie Wright | Dec 9, 2018 | Adventurous Life, Living fearlessly
“They say the coldest place in the world is an airplane hangar in winter.” A sharp wind whistled through the hangars and stung my face. I laughed. The flight instructor was right. The sun was just glinting through an opening in the silver clouds as I climbed into...
by Katie Wright | Nov 12, 2018 | Adventurous Life
This morning, I noticed that the leaves on the old maple out my front window were sparser than yesterday. The tree had shifted from its brilliant autumn orange to a bare and brittle brown. Well, it is November, I thought. Winter is on its way. For some, the coming of...
by Katie Wright | Nov 6, 2018 | Adventurous Life
Before I had anxiety, I never thought about my heart. But for a few years after my first panic attack, I had whole stretches where I felt like I was having a heart attack every other day. I would call my Dad from work. Chest pains, I would describe. My heart is...
