Author Archives: mickayla

About mickayla

Writer & Educator. Knoxville, TN.

Grinches & Haters

Posted on December 10, 2013 by mickayla

Last week, I heard a few of my coworkers laughing and talking outside my office. Like a dog who heard the word “treat”, my anxious little extrovert ears perked up and I quickly inserted myself into whatever fun was happening … Continue reading →

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Here, Let Me Peptalk You.

Posted on November 26, 2013 by mickayla

Feeling lonely? Feeling blue? Feeling like you’re ready to lock your soul into a bottle of whiskey and close the curtains on your own swollen face so that if the light of love indeed never reaches you again, it will … Continue reading →

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Nobody Here But Us Chickens.

Posted on November 18, 2013 by mickayla

For Paul and Renee. Happy birthday, twins. I am seeking. Because, you know, it’s fair to make me seek while the eighteen-year-old twins, Paul and Renee, and the four-year-old Jacob hide. Where is Josh? Reading a book, probably. Taking apart … Continue reading →

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When Your Heart Is In-between

Posted on November 12, 2013 by mickayla

Let’s get real. I haven’t been writing. I came home from Korea and started a fancy new job and a new relationship and because I needed all of it so badly, I couldn’t bear the honesty of writing for a … Continue reading →

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My life is pretty satisfying

Posted on August 30, 2011 by mickayla
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Joy, Baby

Posted on August 17, 2011 by mickayla

One of my new life missions is to collect oral histories of my family. I was able to do a small amount of that this past weekend, while visiting Oklahoma for my Nanny’s 80th birthday. I could listen to my … Continue reading →

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Miss Tennessee

Posted on June 1, 2011 by mickayla

When I left my parents’ driveway at 4:00am just over 14 months ago, I drove through the morning to Atlanta, where I boarded a plane for Korea with a Tennessee-shaped hole in my heart. Throughout the year, as I immersed … Continue reading →

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Pretenductivity

Posted on January 31, 2011 by mickayla

It’s that time of year again. Winter is awful and not over yet. Last year around this time, I wrote a post offering my kind advice for how to get through the rut one may feel this time of year. … Continue reading →

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Poetly

Posted on January 27, 2011 by mickayla

For the past month and a half, I’ve had the grueling task of teaching poetry to my middle school students. “Why is this task grueling?” you may ask, and if so, I may reply, “Are you an idiot?” or “Please … Continue reading →

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Best Paragraph of the Day

Posted on January 19, 2011 by mickayla

From Sunny, grade 4, Senior 3.2 student: Sing is a children’s song. 6 grade song a singers song. 1,2,3,4, grade song a children’s song. They are song is very good. And 6 grade song is very good and exciting. I … Continue reading →

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