Episode 16: Paperbacks and Prom

Episode 20: Two Scars, Inches Apart

Episode 20: Two Scars, Inches Apart As we make our way along life’s pathways, our footsteps change with us. Sometimes they're quick and sure, sometimes slow and careful. But every now and then, a misstep of our own puts someone else in harm’s way. And when we realize that our mistake caused an injury, we have to reassess our journey and grow in a different direction: to move with more awareness, to tread more gently, and to recognize the quiet, human frailty in the people around us. Even when it looks different from the kind of frailty we already recognize. ----- If you've ever wondered whether the small moments of your life matter — they do. Right now is one of them. ----- Explore Beth’s creative archive, including I Must Have Forgotten and True Crime BnB, at linktr.ee/bethpods [http://linktr.ee/bethpods]

Episode 19: Hayrides and the Blizzard at Dawn

Episode 19: Hayrides and the Blizzard at Dawn Being in a vulnerable place can draw all kinds of people toward you: the helpers, the opportunists, and the ones who simply recognize the ache you're carrying. Junior year put me in a position to relearn a lesson I already knew, even if I'd rather not have had to. In the middle of it all, I collected a handful of moments, some funny, some empowering, that have stayed with me ever since. And it gifted me with mental images I'll hold forever. ----- If you've ever wondered whether the small moments of your life matter — they do. Right now is one of them. ----- Explore Beth’s creative archive, including I Must Have Forgotten and True Crime BnB, at linktr.ee/bethpods [http://linktr.ee/bethpods]

Episode 18; Bass Clef and Other Heavy Things

There are seasons when the things we choose, the new commitments, the challenges, the hustle and bustle, are really just ways of protecting delicate parts of ourselves we’re not ready to examine...to confront. In my junior year, I leapt into something new that felt big and important, and that carried me for a while. It gave me a place to put my energy, and maybe even my heart. But eventually, I had to stop running long enough to face what was actually true. ----- If you've ever wondered whether the small moments of your life matter — they do. Right now is one of them. ----- Explore Beth’s creative archive, including I Must Have Forgotten and True Crime BnB, at linktr.ee/bethpods [http://linktr.ee/bethpods]

Episode 17; Mean Boys and the Bathroom Cake

Episode 17: Mean Boys and the Bathroom Cake Growing up means learning how to belong, when to let people in, when to hold your ground, and how to recognize, and inhabit, moments that mark a beginning... or an end. My sixteenth birthday was the culmination of a nearly perfect year, and a milestone that showed me I was exactly where I was supposed to be. ----- If you've ever wondered whether the small moments of your life matter — they do. Right now is one of them. ----- Explore Beth’s creative archive, including I Must Have Forgotten and True Crime BnB, at linktr.ee/bethpods [http://linktr.ee/bethpods]

Episode 16: Paperbacks and Prom

Episode 16: Paperbacks and Prom Tenth grade is, in every sense, a crossroads. Some of us chase new interests, some of us take on responsibilities we never wanted, and some of us learn, with shock and sorrow, that life isn’t as certain as we once believed. My own tenth‑grade year held all of that: a loss that reshaped the ground beneath us, a night I had dared to dream about, and squeaky creepers we could hear but never quite see. ----- If you've ever wondered whether the small moments of your life matter — they do. Right now is one of them. ----- Explore Beth’s creative archive, including I Must Have Forgotten and True Crime BnB, at linktr.ee/bethpods [http://linktr.ee/bethpods]