by Rudri | May 16, 2016 | Children, Life Lessons, New Beginnings
“What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.... 
by Rudri | May 9, 2016 | Mothers/Daughters, New Beginnings
I took this picture of my not-so-little girl while she discovered this stream on Baldwin Trail in Sedona. The tilt of her gaze leans forward and she stands on this metaphorical edge. As I took this photograph, several questions sprinted in my head: How did this... 
by Rudri | Jan 7, 2016 | Children, Fathers/Daughters, Mothers/Daughters, New Beginnings
Tonight will be the last night I tuck you in as a nine-year-old. Ten will greet us in the morning. Ten. I keep repeating this number over and over. Each time, tears brim in the corner of my eyes. I remember your first bath in our home, a small apartment in Texas. I... 
by Rudri | Nov 1, 2015 | New Beginnings, Stillness
It’s only two minutes, but I struggle. My fingers fidget as if my thoughts are pounding the last miles of a half-marathon. The tug of war between noise and stillness. For 120 seconds, this is what happens inside my head. I need to get milk. Be quiet, you are trying to... 
by Rudri | Sep 7, 2015 | Happiness, Inspiration, New Beginnings, Travel
Summer pulsed fast this past year. Our days didn’t compete with time, but we thrummed to a cadence which was our own. In the desert, mid-May marked the end of school and the start of a new season for us. Those first weeks, our daughter slept-in most mornings, a... by Rudri | Aug 11, 2015 | Children, Life Lessons, Memory, New Beginnings
“How did it get so late so soon?” – Dr. Seuss “I am nervous-excited, Momma. Does that make sense?” These words ambled out of my daughter’s mouth as I drove her to school. Another...
Welcome! I am a lawyer turned freelance writer, essayist, and editor. On staff at Literary Mama and the co-founder and co-editor of the literary journal, The Sunlight Press, my essays and reported work have appeared in The Washington Post, The Lily, Saveur, Civil Eats, Brain, Child, ESPN and elsewhere. I am currently at work on a memoir on grief and culture and how it provides perspective on life’s ordinary graces. I invite you to appreciate the ordinary with me. I hope my daily practice of seeing the magic in the mundane helps you celebrate and find more of these moments in your life too. Read More