Charlotte is a writer and copywriter living in Birmingham, Alabama. She received an MFA in creative writing from Seattle Pacific University where she studied with Paula Huston and Lauren Winner. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Charlotte also provides individualized creative writing instruction and is training to become a spiritual director. She will complete her spiritual direction certification program in 2020. Learn more about Charlotte and her writing and other projects at charlottedonlon.com.

Searching for Our Own Reflections: Lessons from Alana Massey and Madeleine L’Engle

Alana Massey’s “All the Lives I Want” lifts up our shared humanity.

Ballet, Barbie, and My Body

According to cultural preferences, thin is beautiful; fat is ugly. Thin equals success; fat equals failure. It may be wrong, but most of us believe it.

Scrolling with God

Social networking can show us additional blips of each others’ stories that aid us in the work of knowing and being known.

Making Space for Taylor Swift and My Past

Taylor Swift’s 1989 sums up much of my journey and the decades that have made me the woman I am now.