Heather Whited

Heather Whited graduated from Western Kentucky University in 2006 with a BA in creative writing. She lived in Japan and Ireland before returning to her hometown of Nashville, Tennessee to obtain her graduate degree. She now lives in Portland, Oregon.

Everlasting Arms

Photo by Veronica Reverse on UnsplashGrandmother’s rose garden was my favorite place to hide when I was a child. Grandmother and Great Grandmother spent hours out there and still do, though I am too big and too old to hide there any more even if I wanted to, which I do not. I first learned to hide in the rose garden while they took their tea and gossiped when I