Father’s Day? It’s complicated.

June 19, 2022 at 9:29 pm

Reading this brought up some memories and feelings, more than a few that I work hard to keep burying. (This is your trigger warning.) “The third Sunday in June is a challenging one for those of us with fathers who were destructive forces in our lives. A missing father leaves […]

An incredible reunion

June 10, 2022 at 11:09 am

A chance encounter brought a father and daughter back together again, sparking an extraordinarily moving journey of love and forgiveness in the face of mental illness, homelessness, and hardship. While documenting homeless people on the streets of Honolulu, Diana Kim came across her own father. The man who she remembered […]

Secrets

March 11, 2022 at 12:16 pm

A Short Story by George Beavis, PWA Participant Artist & Veteran Truth and Lies are both secrets. The heat makes the black sticky stuff in the streets into little bubbles that I can pop with my finger. Sometimes the black stuff sticks to my finger. I wipe it on the […]