Midwest Mimi

  • The Worn Path

    A forgotten audiobook sent me down a rabbit hole about memory, learning, and the physical paths our brains build through repetition. It made me think about old relationships, survival habits, creativity, and the strange truth that the life we practice becomes easier to keep living.

  • Sometimes You Have to Miss Someone Without Chasing Them

    Sometimes missing someone does not mean you are supposed to go back. This is about the people we still love, the versions of them we remember, and learning that history does not always get the final vote.

  • The Women We Become

    Becoming Rae’s mother did not mean I stopped being my mother’s daughter. Sixteen years later, as I watch my daughter become a young woman, I understand more about what my mother gave me, what I passed on, and the women we keep becoming.