I wrote about my mom's relationship with a married man and how that played into her mental illness, in my memoir Girls, Assassins & Other Bad Ideas. One fact I'm continually reminded of is that so often, as children living in our childhoods, we can't recognize dysfunction for what it is because we lack any [...]
I don't think I've ever been so aware as to track the journey of my Word of the Year on a monthly basis... This time though, with some of the things I am hoping my journey will take me through, it made sense. Way back in the blogging days, when I did this a lot [...]
Last week was one of those weeks... you know the kind. The ones where your schedule is lined out perfectly, and if it weren't for the very worst week of awfulness the week before, you'd be in great shape–but then... THEN it turns out you've rescued a very high-needs kitten, have a new puppy who [...]
I got super carsick yesterday, which isn't something that happens to me regularly. (boat sick, yes... Carsick, no.) When the waves of violent nausea set in I instantly remember a Tuesday, a few weeks ago, when I also experienced a severe case of carsickness, to the point of vomiting multiple times all over my best [...]
I don't know about you but I'm not quite feeling '22... Not yet anyway. For the first time in my four-plus decades of life, I am cautiously wary of transitioning into a new year. That may not be one hundred percent accurate... I was also fairly hesitant during the last few moments of 1999 as [...]
Rainy Day in May... 