elyse hughesFeb 28, 20233 minGetting SomewhereWhen I first started writing Big Blogs, it was my way of sharing deeper and speaking truer. I’d been doing that in writing my first book,...
elyse hughesNov 29, 20219 minBeanbag MorningsI sat on the oversized beanbag that filled our living room beyond max capacity, and plopped a square velvet pillow in the diamond of my...
elyse hughesOct 23, 20215 minCheeseburger In The DarkI pulled into an empty parking lot outside the closed health food store, sliding into a spot under a tree that cast me in shadow,...
elyse hughesOct 15, 20213 minThese In-Between TimesThere are days that I wake up sad. Or it sinks in unexpectedly, out of nowhere, for reasons unknown. Everything weighted and bleak, all...
elyse hughesSep 25, 20214 minA Slower RiseSometimes I let the nightmares keep me in bed. I’d be lucid, but not in control, allowing turmoil to play out in front of me, scratching...