Denise Leigh Waters
a home for connection.
Love. Listen. Tell Stories.
Welcome. I’m Denise—writer, professor, mother, and intentional builder of belonging.
If the internet had a kitchen table, this would be mine. A place to take a breath and reconnect with yourself, your stories, and the people you love.
Everything I make lives somewhere in this home—whether it’s a conversation in the living room, a story unfolding upstairs, or the quiet reflections we share at the kitchen counter.
Come in. Stay a while. There’s room for you here.
Choose Your Room
The Mother Heard
Essays and reflections for women who want to reconnect—with themselves, their stories, and the people they love.
Our Rough Draft
Our weekly podcast about marriage, family, becoming, and the messy magic of everyday life.
Writing
Fiction and nonfiction in progress, including Florence and the stories shaping my own becoming.
Come sit at the table.
Each week, I share reflections on connection, family, story, and belonging. If you’d like a gentler place to land on the internet, I made this one for you.