It’s not personal
When they ignore you. When they hate your food. When they don't want to watch a movie with you. When they constantly forget to do the thing you asked them to do. When they try [...]
Gray
I’m getting old and I cried about it today. I’m in the process of bringing out all my gray hair so I can be a saucy silver minx. I wanna sashay around town, laughing and [...]
Dear Bella and Dane
It couldn’t have been easy growing up alongside a mom getting her life together. Growing up and watching your mom grow up too. I think maybe I got some things wrong. I had to spend [...]
Happy birthday to me!
Well, here I am, turning 44 in a few days. Doesn’t feel like too long ago that I was turning 14. I suppose it is though. At 14, I had a fresh perm that I [...]
My father’s daughter
My father passed away sixteen years ago on January 23, 2005, due to complications of Diabetes and Hepatitis C. Meaning, he made no effort to make changes to his lifestyle in order to manage either [...]
We are the same
My relationship with my mother was largely about her trying to find ways to get my attention and me looking for ways to not give her any. Being in a relationship with her has been [...]
I like to cook
My middle and high school years were mostly fueled by meals of convenience and little care. Breakfasts consisted of cereal or nothing and lunches would be at school. I can barely remember dinners. If my [...]
I am a high school drop out
I fell in with the wrong crowd. Made lots of wrong turns, bad choices and had some harmful relationships. My mom supported it, said I was pretty and that would be all I needed in [...]
I am a fighter
Yes - like fists, nails, legs and teeth (just kidding) - I never used my teeth. I was nauseatingly and literally shoved into my first fight at the age of 12. I was cornered at my [...]