Hi there and welcome to The Mending Space, friend.

In the winter of 2010, I sat at an antique sewing machine, foggy and directionless, a new mom craving something I couldn’t define. Born a poet, words and wit failed me in those early days of motherhood. But there was something in the rhythm of needle and thread that made sense, something I could sustain. So I mended.

A few years later, I transitioned from machine patchwork to a type of hand embroidery deeply rooted in Japanese history called boro stitching. The moment I discovered this art of honoring necessity, lack, imperfection, impermanence, and natural materials, I had found my home.

As I stitched in stolen hours, lines of poetry began finding their way back into the tapestry of my life. In between loads of laundry, dirty diapers, and homeschooling neurodivergent learners, I freed myself to dance with these two creative mediums. In these years that have followed, I have learned how to welcome poems when they ask to be written and honor the call of linen and twine when it’s time to mend.

And, in a twist even I didn’t expect, since 2025, The Mending Space has been vibrantly expanding as I obtain my Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology, a passion that has been close to my heart for as long as I can remember. While this may seem a departure from linen and twine, prose and poems, for me, it is the most natural evolution of what I have been doing here. I couldn’t have known it over a decade ago when I wrote the poem that became The Mending Space mission statement, but it is so clear now. This space was always about more than threads and thimbles — it was always about tending and mending our hearts, catching common threads, and weaving a tapestry that could touch our communities far and wide.

In the same way that The Mending Space has expanded and surprised me over the years, I trust it will continue to shape the space it wants to be in. And I’ll be here for it — with a thread and needle in hand, whispering a haiku to myself, and awaiting you!

I’m so glad that you found The Mending Space on your way. If you’d like to say hi, please do! You can also find me on Substack where I write inspiring articles about mental and emotional well-being through a gentle, research-based lens.

You are always welcome here.