pursuing a life of purpose
We are a culture of moving forward. When tragedy strikes, you ask for prayers and nights out and oversized glasses of wine. You sob and wail and girl, you let that mascara run. But then, after the shockwave hits, you want to be that person who picks herself up and dusts herself off, bopping and […]
[Continue reading...](1) I’m fairly certain that no matter what time period we’re floating around in, Miss O’Brien should not have hair curls that resemble horns. (2) That Cora. Always smiling with her head turned like she was just handed a newborn kitty that smelled like baby powder wrapped in a bed of roses. I was just […]
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I walked to the ring with a swagger, silk brushing against my skin as my ego staggered before me, a blur of crowd voices and cigarettes and the smell of sweat. Before me fighters had come and gone, but this one was mine. Let’s do this life thing because I am young and I am […]
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We were sitting there at the diner, she and I, with tortilla soup and migas and glasses of tea lodged between us. “I just lost faith,” she told me as her hands shook. “I can’t see a God in all this.” I shook my head in understanding, because I get it. There’s no judgment or […]
[Continue reading...](1) I’ve been thinking a great deal lately about bank names. I’m sure people pick their bank in terms of location, or online service, but what if we based it on names? I’d be petrified that Wells Fargo would take my paycheck, transfer it into gold coins, lock it up in a ricky wooden box, […]
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One of Chris Bohjalian’s characters in Midwives dressed two-clicks above. You can wear wrinkled slacks and smell like used cigarettes if you want, but I’m showing up in heels, my blond highlights blowing past you in the dust. Being beautiful is the closest thing we know to power. And in this world, power is life. […]
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Note on my kitchen counter when I came home last night: Tonight’s Babysitting Experience Your son fed the dog half his dinner I should have brought my bathing suit for bath time because your kids are freaking WILD No one went to bed on time I let them watch a movie and eat life savers. […]
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I’m not a big fan of bumper stickers. I find it odd that people want to display their political sentiments on a used Honda for the world to see. I find it annoying to have to stare at hateful words about our President at the stoplight in front of the grocery store. And I’m amazed […]
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Sometimes life’s a turncoat. If I had a sling shot I’d just shoot life right between the eyes because I’m David and small and yet this big old Goliath-life barges around like a bully. I might have little value in this world but I’m a fighter, so someone please hand me a rock because my […]
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News flash: some people smell. They are dirty and have bad yellow rotten teeth and are downright creepy. There is mental illness and instability and greed and lust and all kinds of nasty in the world. People hurt. People harm. People leave damage in their wake. Others cover up their scent by brushing their teeth […]
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Hello! My name is Amanda Hill and I'm a writer and lawyer in Austin, Texas. Take your time to look around, and welcome!
