2020 was a year that changed life as we know it.
In this collection of poetry and prose, Gooden explores her longing for more than the daily routine as she makes her way through a “once in a lifetime” world event.
In the middle of turmoil, she creates magic in the mundane as she examines her life in an honest, poignant, and often irreverent way.
As she reflects on life and all it encompasses through a healthcare worker’s perspective, she proves there can be light even in the darkest of days.
Well, I finally did it. It’s been an incredibly long road—five years from the beginning in fact—but I finally published my first nonfiction collection. One of the first things I did when I started writing was to decide I wanted to make a habit out of writing SOMETHING everyday. I couldn’t commit to a word […]
Thank goodness for dictation! I’m saying that because my hands are killing me today. I’ve spent the entire month, in between work and kids, moving my family into our new house. Well, new to us that is. It might sound crazy, but now that we have completed our family we decided to downsize and move […]
It’s funny how the same type of event can cause such diametrically opposed reactions. Normally when I hear the word ‘conference’ I cringe a little inside. It’s the same way I feel when I hear the word ‘meeting’. Maybe it’s from 15 years of sitting through educational lectures, but that’s how it works, right? I […]
