Mj Pettengill

I had a few options. I could grow stronger, or I could break. Being on the other side of the table is very different.

We must seek with a pure and open heart, correcting and illuminating whenever appropriate and possible.

Unworldly and innocent, he navigates merciless conditions and risks getting lost entirely, until finding comfort in a tree—a knowing tree.

If those who you called father or grandfather in this life, have departed from the earthly plane, please remember to simply speak their...

Traces of past beauty mingled with her expressions, tangled hair, and lined face. She had lost most of her teeth, but her smile was from...

"If I could forget one face, one harrowin’ moment, it would have been when a young girl dove head first from an attic window. Time was...

I stopped when I noticed a little boy with only one arm. I could feel his heavy little heart as he sat with a tin cup in front of him and...

For many years, my work has focused on cultural narrative and traditions, ancestral healing, intergenerational trauma integration, and...

Mamma told Agnes and me to go outside and play. It wasn’t a place for children. We hurried down the stairs, brushin’ past Moses and Polly...

I can actually reach out the window and grab hemlock needles in a pinch. It is possible that you may have easy access, too.

It was a pretty day. The greening had begun, and everything around me was dripping and splashing. The grass and leaves sparkled with...

Daidí managed to save the ship fare settlement that was given to him by the landlord upon our eviction in November. Because of this, in...

It was hot. Lint swirled in the air like a dream—an enchanted snowy day— only instead of meltin’, it stuck to your skin, clothes, and...

I admired the courage of the wayward girl, the one who left snow angels in our winter garden. After each storm, I tended to them,...

August Wood, Lamplighter Fall River, Massachusetts February 15, 1873 The Leblancs came down from Quebec to join the others in the mills....

I stood in line with my cup. It was a special day. Silas told me that I would never want to save the pigs’ lives again after I tried the...

When the first English settlers arrived in America, they faced unimaginable hardships. Amongst the challenges of navigating uncharted...

CARROLL COUNTY FARM CEMETERY 1870 — Beyond the mournful numbers, lie no more grief or fear. No sad or sweet thoughts linger, for those...

What is Mother’s Day? There are endless possibilities. I will bypass Mother Earth [this time] and focus on the actual holiday itself....