Ann Marie Houghtailing – Medium

Ann Marie Houghtailing

Someone

I hope someone thinks you’re funny And finds your crooked tooth adorable I hope someone worries that you’re getting enough sleep

1d ago

Someone

1d ago

Follow

I sit with the old, the demented, and the dying

May 21

Follow

May 21

Sentences & Silence

I did not come with a spoon to feed you

Mar 16

Sentences & Silence

Mar 16

The Longing for Enough

You will wish for things you can never have Things you didn’t know you would yearn for

Feb 20

The Longing for Enough

Feb 20

Hard Conversations

Hard conversations that we fail to have transmute into an invisible poison called contempt

Feb 7

Hard Conversations

Feb 7

Starving

She gorged herself on attention and feasted on buttery compliments covered in sugar

Nov 1, 2023

Starving

Nov 1, 2023

Being With Suffering

No one can ameliorate your suffering It’s all yours

Jun 30, 2023

Being With Suffering

Jun 30, 2023

How it Happened

I wanted what you wanted Until we wanted different things

May 8, 2023

How it Happened

May 8, 2023

The Materiality of Suffering

During one of the worst periods of my life, I turned toward painting and writing without strategy, knowledge, skill or talent. Creating…

Apr 25, 2023

The Materiality of Suffering

Apr 25, 2023

Style, Power, Poverty & Identity

My mother grew up in poverty on a sugar plantation in Hawaii. She worked hard her entire life just to survive. We never had money when I…

Apr 17, 2023

Style, Power, Poverty & Identity

Apr 17, 2023

Ann Marie Houghtailing

Ann Marie Houghtailing

Ann marie Houghtailing is the co founder of Story Imprinting, a communications firm that teaches clients the art and science of storytelling.

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams