I’ve Decided to Start My Life Over You know, a do-over. We all have wished we could do it, but I know the reality of it is that I can’t really start over. I’ve written before that pain and suffering is a necessary evil. There must be balance, and pain teaches us where there is an error in our […]
Once I thought tears were a weakness. Once I thought I should be ashamed of not being strong enough to control my tears. So I hid them, from everyone, and never let anyone see me cry. I had learned early on as a child that tears only made daddy angrier, made him not listen, and sometimes made him hit. The […]
I wasn’t ready to say goodbye. There was so much more I wanted to do, to share with you. Remember that restaurant in the shopping center where we used to always shop? I never took you to that restaurant, and I always meant to. Or that pond where the flags are placed every year? I wanted to walk […]
I don’t think people talk about suicide enough. It’s this shameful thing that nobody wants to face or discuss. To the point that I know parents who lied about how their child died when she killed herself–all her friends knew better, but the mom was insistent on concocting a story that was easier for her […]
I lie in bed at night and write entire blog posts in my head but then get in front of the computer and nothing. i swear it’s a disconnect between my brain and fingers that just doesn’t work right anymore. I need to get it back because sometimes these depressed moods I get in can […]
A woman is like a flower… When she is properly tended, well fed, receives the proper amount of love and light, handled gently, like the beautiful creature she is, she will bloom in full radiance. If you provide her a good foundation upon which to grow her roots, she will continue to grow and bloom, season after season, only becoming […]
A comfort zone is that place you find yourself when you know what to expect, and you are comfortable there, even if you are not in a good place. Looking back over my life, I have never felt more alive than when I force myself to step outside of my comfort zones. It can be […]
The rain is falling outside. It’s dark, it’s late and the cloud cover makes the night seem blacker than I remember it being for this time of night. It’s quiet. The rain has been falling all day, and everything is flooded. Standing by the window, I’ve watched the brilliant flashes of lightning outside without my […]
Definitions of pride: a feeling of self-respect and personal worth satisfaction with your (or another’s) achievements the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem The first two definitions are positive ones. I’m proud of my children. I’m proud of my accomplishments and my writing, something […]
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