Sometimes old hurts bubble back to the surface under just the right combination of circumstances, and no matter how hard you try to remind yourself it’s in the past, it hurts as bad as if it just happened. The important thing to remember, when that happens, is that whoever is currently in your life isn’t…

I haven’t written here in quite some time because I’ve been pretty engrossed in the class I’m taking to explore creativity. I’ve learned some good things, and I’ve done some writing that gives me goosebumps. For those who didn’t know, this month is National Poetry Month and I’ve been immersing myself in poetry from others…

  Thirty nine years ago today, my son Eric was born. He never drew a breath, I never even got to see him, hold him or tell him I loved him. I mean I told him all the time before he was born that I loved him, but I never got the chance to tell him…

This is always a tough time of year for me. The anniversary of my assault and the loss of my oldest son one month later combine to make this time of year difficult. This year has been easier than previous ones because I’ve had support that I didn’t have previously. In part that is because…

I’m sure everyone has heard of Wordle, but it seems there are a few people that still don’t know about it’s cousin on the New York Times Games App/Page called Connections. Connections gives you 16 words that you have to group into four categories, which at times seem very obvious, and at other times (like…

  I had an unusual experience this weekend, and I wasn’t really ready to write about it Monday because I was still kinda wrapping my head around it and trying to figure out how I had slipped into such an incredibly old behavior pattern. One I hadn’t experienced in close to a decade. And yet there…

I’ve been struggling with some issues at work, and they are causing me a fairly high level of anxiety and stress. I’m not sleeping well, my stomach is in knots and I feel like puking most of the time. I have several friends who are being very supportive and I think without them I’d be…

This weekend I was headed to Marshalltown to meet a friend for lunch. I knew generally how to get there, mostly I needed Google maps to find where we were meeting, but I set it up before leaving home so that I wasn’t having to mess with it while driving. Well, Google maps suggested a…

This weekend I went to several art galleries with a friend. There was an extremely wide range of styles represented even within each gallery, and perhaps I’ve just not been properly exposed or educated regarding art, but there wasn’t a whole lot that I saw that I really liked beyond some photographs in one gallery.…

Today, let’s talk about sisters, and sisterhood. We are sometimes born with sisters, and sometimes we find our sisters later in the friendships we form throughout our lives. Sometimes the sisters we are born with can be the greatest relationships ever. Sometimes they are not though, and they can take a very heavy toll on…