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When Pets Become Family
The quiet way animals teach us loyalty, memory, and unconditional love This morning I was thinking about something simple, but powerful. Isn’t it amazing how a pet can bring so much joy into a life? A dog waiting at the door like you’re the most important person in the world. A cat curled up beside…
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The Parts We Hide
Finding grace, healing, and hope in the places we’re afraid to speak about. The past few days, in between work and the normal rhythm of life, I’ve been sitting with a thought that won’t let me go. I saw a quote that put words to something I’ve carried quietly for a long time: “God, please…
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Title: When the Words Go Quiet
“Finding the spark again in silence, memory, and the spaces between words.” There are days when I sit down ready to write, ready to create, and nothing comes. The page feels heavy. My thoughts feel scattered. It’s like standing in front of a creative brick wall, knocking, waiting for something on the other side to…
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What Keeps Me Going
On grace, hidden battles, and the quiet strength we borrow from each other As I sit here reflecting on my life, I’m amazed at something I keep rediscovering: nearly everyone you meet is carrying something in their heart. Sometimes it’s heavy. Sometimes it’s dark, ugly, and painful. And often, you’d never know it just by…
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Living Between Two Worlds
Honoring tradition while walking forward There is a quiet tension that many of us feel but don’t always talk about. We are living between two worlds. One world is built from tradition — from the voices of our elders, from the stories passed down around kitchen tables, from the knowledge that came long before we…
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The Sound of Wind and Spirit
The Big Storm There’s a big storm rolling through Metlakatla right now. Heavy rain. Hard wind. The kind of storm they’re calling an atmospheric river. It’s not gentle — it’s loud, restless, alive. I drove up the mountain earlier just to watch it. From up there you can see the wind slam into the water.…
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What Is Love?
A simple question that carries a lifetime of answers Notes from Alex I’m sitting here today, just letting my thoughts wander, and one question keeps circling back around in my mind: What is love? It’s a question people have been asking for centuries. Songs try to explain it. Poets write about it. Movies chase it.…
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Pondering History
Remembering lessons, legacy, and time spent on the water with Dad Today I found myself pondering history—our history—with Pops, Alex Atkinson Sr. He taught me, and so many in our family, how to salmon fish and how to hunt. He was full of knowledge and know-how when it came to those things, and he was…
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A Season That Felt Heavy
A freewrite on heaviness, holidays, and the quiet search for light There are some days when I just don’t feel inspired to write.Or create.Or even slow my thoughts down enough to make sense of them. Some days, my mind feels like it’s moving in five directions at once, and trying to gather those thoughts into…
Notes from Alex 