Protected: do your ancestors know you are the one they are waiting for?

Kerry J Heckman (she/her/hers) is a psychotherapist in private practice and writer based in Seattle, Washington. She is currently pursuing her MFA and Creative Writing at the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University where she currently serves as the assistant editor and contributing writer at Soundings. Her poetry has appeared in Sonic Boom, Whiptail, and The Heron’s Nest, among other publications.