My BOOKS
All the Little Things
All the Little Things is a poetry collection centering around the themes of faith, nostalgia, growing up, and nature. Poems discuss how one's Christian faith impacts every aspect of one's life, from how they view nature and children, to how they form relationships with others, to how they think about and conceptualize death. Each poem is accompanied by at least one original photograph, mainly from the nature genre. This is in hopes to bring new life to the poems and create an experience that readers want to have again and again.
Sincerely, the Pastor's Oldest Daughter
Sincerely, the Pastor's Oldest Daughter is an autobiographical zine/scrapbook/memoir. It analyzes the first 18 years of the author's life, through the lens of her church and her father's profession as a public minister. She explores her feelings around her father as pastor, as well as the reality that that portion of her life has come to a close. At the end of every chapter, an original poem is featured, and home photos from the author's childhood sprawl across the pages. The author hopes this to be both a love letter to her church and childhood, as well as an open letter to anyone who wants to more fully understand the complexities of being a pastor's oldest daughter within the Church of the Lutheran Confession.
