Writing
I write about faith, family, and what happens when you leave behind the beliefs that built you.
My newsletter, Things I Meant to Tell You, lands in inboxes when inspiration strikes — essays about religious trauma, complicated family dynamics, and the slow work of figuring out who you are when no one's telling you who to be.
Books in Progress
Collective Memoir I am finishing a book about the women who left Laestadianism — a fundamentalist sect most Americans have never heard of. Built from oral histories I've collected over several years. Currently seeking representation.
Personal Memoir The story underneath the collective one. Still in progress.
Selected Essays
What It's Really Like to Leave Laestadianism: The Work After Leaving
The Silence Between Us (on siblinghood)
The Cruelty Is the Point
What DNA Can't Tell You: The Real Story of Inheritance
The Invisible Curriculum: What I Wasn't Taught and How I Learned It Anyway