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That first depression changes you. Hope is an elusive ghost. All the dreams/ideals/values/the white picket fences…dissolve, because you...

Being in love with you is like bright warm sun on my face, the softest blanket snuggled just right. When I’m with you every second feels...

Before social media in order to connect with people we had to call/text people, write letters/emails, or meet up in person; all of which...

Must haves for bedside table- Vaseline-for chapped lips at night Aveeno-for itchy skin Sore throat spray Ice chips cup with small spoon...

This book solidified an idea that I have never shied away from. It reinforced the instinct I have had since childhood on; that is to...

1) Given me back my integrity and helped me step back into alignment My health and being authentic have always been extremely important...

Recently Florida’s Governor signed a bill called the “Parental Rights and Education Act.” The bill states that educators cannot teach...

Aborted If I could see what she saw, Feel what she felt, Think how she thought. Does anyone know what she wanted? All free. No harm, no...

‘Twas four days after Christmas, when all thro' the house, all the creatures were stirring, even the mouse. The stockings were strewn all...

The planet is warming. It doesn’t take thousands of scientists and a plethora of studies and data to prove it (although they do exist.)...

About six months back I encountered a picture on my local mom’s group of a couple ten-year-old kids hopping a fence to get into a...

My period came twice in one month for ten days each time. Delightful! I went to my OBGYN and explained my symptoms. I mentioned that I...

If you’ve read my previous blogs, you already know that the social anxiety well runs deep in this one. My ideal days are spent alone or...

When I was a kid, with all the energy of a shooting star, I craved attention like I now crave an uninterrupted bath with soft candles and...

It’s been eighteen years. I still talk about you almost every day. The kids know you as ‘grandma that’s in heaven.’ When a butterfly...

Don’t get me wrong. I absolutely do not want a horrendous virus sweeping across the globe making people extremely ill. Every day I am...

Because it happens. It can happen right under your nose while you’re busy picking out a movie on Netflix in the next room. I keep hearing...

When I was a young teacher, soaking in everything around me, watching and admiring the older teachers, I noticed something. It was a...

Speaking on behalf of my friends and myself, we are not okay. People are starting to collectively lose their shit. We are social...

After forty years of synthetic hormone free living, I was finally going on the pill; A forty-year-old lesbian, done having children,...