by Amy Butler | Mar 3, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
For over three decades, the soundtrack of my travel home to Honolulu that began as soon as the airplane landed on the coral reef runway and taxied toward the gate was the Beamers’ song, “Honolulu City Lights.” The song is a wistful goodbye to the islands that would...
by Amy Butler | Feb 20, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
When I think of what it must be like to be my therapist, I imagine the job feels like some combination of working as a farrier in a long-neglected barn and waiting every week for the next season of “The White Lotus” on HBO. I like to work hard in therapy, most of the...
by Amy Butler | Jan 25, 2023 | Opinion
A friend and I decided to be radical risk takers, making our way to a movie theater to catch whatever film was showing next after we arrived. As luck would have it, we walked into a movie called “Devotion” – the true story of Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in...
by Amy Butler | Jan 4, 2023 | Opinion
I’m sick of hearing about New Year’s resolutions, so as I begin 2023, I hereby refuse to make any. I’d also appreciate it if Noom would stop sending me emails. I have no 2023 plans to darken the door of a gym. I will make no promises to run anywhere unless someone is...
by Amy Butler | Dec 21, 2022 | Opinion
This happened to me on December 24, 1997. I have to tell you that first because I wouldn’t believe this story myself had I not lived it. It was like God was trying to get me to just slow down and pay attention for once. Call it a miracle or call it a thin place, it...
