Failing
I’m failing at life today. I’m sitting on my bed right now, crying. I’ve been crying for what feels like forever and I can’t seem to stop. The reason for my meltdown is a cold shower. The cold shower...
View ArticleQuestions, questions
The first thing I do in the morning after snoozing my alarm four times when my brain slowly starts coming out of the night’s torpor is to turn my phone on and look at facebook. For all intents and...
View ArticleBlessings aplenty
2016, you’ve been a hell of a year. I’m trying to stay optimistic, my friend, but I won’t lie, I’m not too sad to see the end of you. I’m sitting in the hospital right now, literally just waiting for...
View ArticleThe waiting game
I’m doing the dance. I found a guy I like, I orchestrated a meeting, we had drinks in a group, I made sure he had my number without actually giving it to him myself, he called, we chatted, were...
View Articlepopcorn and a soda
And just like that suddenly I feel like writing again. Not that I haven’t been writing in the past few (six!) months, I just haven’t been writing well, so I haven’t been writing publicly. It’s been a...
View Article42. Is it a lot? Is it a little?
Last Tuesday was my birthday. I turned 42. I had a good day, in fact, I had a good week. I now celebrate for at least a week, big birthdays get the entire month. Why? Well, as we get older there are...
View ArticleBelief is half the battle won
Today is Friday the 13th. Is that significant? It is if you believe it is. Belief is one of life’s strongest, strangest, things. Anyway, there’s a roundabout point to this somewhere. I wanted to tell...
View ArticleZen-adjacent
There are challenges in a separation that aren’t easily foreseeable when you start the process. The Ex and I managed to do things rather rationally considering the difficulty of breaking up after...
View ArticleBattle of the wills
I’m engaged in a battle of the wills with Shawty. The relationship with Shawty took a turn for the weird and annoying early on. Although he enthusiastically pursued me in the beginning and still...
View ArticleLike a will-o-wisp
The moon, this morning, the moon was magical. I was driving the kids to school and I looked towards the mountains that surround us and the sight I saw, I don’t know if I have the skill to adequately...
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