HeyJaredBottled Up: A Work in Progress
You're in the right place if vulnerable, emotionally raw storytelling is your preferred genre. Bottled Up…A Work in Progress is dedicated to laying bare my lived experiences through personal essays, poetry, and, eventually, snippets from my debut memoir.
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My husband is leaving. (opens the original)
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I’m staring at the two giant suitcases we just bought and the guest bed laden with mountains of clothes my husband is beginning to pack. In 5 days, he will be moving to Abu Dhabi, 8,380 miles and twelve time zones away from us. The plane tickets are purchased, and all the details are confirmed — except how I will deal with this loss.We’re no strangers to moving. We’ve moved fourteen times over the last twenty-four years, spanning continents and state lines, chasing new opportunities, jobs, or ju
Writing the Hard Story and Finding Your Way Back: A Conversation with Jo Ollila (opens the original)
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Thank you , , , and many others, for tuning into my Live chat with the somatic writing Goddess, ! I am totally enamored of her, and it felt so cathartic and delicious to chat with Jessy about my journey into and through The Threshold, a 4-week somatic writing workshop she leads a few times a year. All I can say is that the workshop was sooooo good that almost all of us wanted to continue our wo
I Can Count My People on Two Hands (opens the original)
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One Step Out of the Cave. Feeling the Feels (opens the original)
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Back from the ICU: Writing from the Cave (opens the original)
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