A few months back I noted that Alzheimer’s scares me. It is a frightening thought that one can lose precious memories. That one can stop remembering those goo-goo gaga baby years is sheer terror. Luckily, no one in my immediate family has suffered from Alzheimer’s. However, […]
I have been having a hard time with my eyes the last 8 weeks. Since the age of seven, I have worn glasses. Nerd chic! At some point, I started wearing contact lens and it felt so liberating to not have to wear my glasses. Although, I always […]
After three years in California, I got used to not paying attention to weather. I would wake up, work out, and walk out. I didn’t check the weather. It didn’t matter. I never wore socks except for exercising. I wore heels 99% of the time. Now, we fast […]
I am getting ready to get a new phone. My phone alerted me to the fact that as of next weekend, I need not continue to have to lease it. How nice of my phone to remind me of its obsolescence. Well, a fake obsolescence as […]
I have restarted this post several times trying to find the right words. But this one is hard. And not because of any reason other than I don’t want to sounds like I am being snarky or funny. Because my concern is serious. Last year four people […]
Dark days, somber days Restless moments Fearful nights The stage was set Helping hand and a comforting smile Peaceful silence Non-judgmental eyes All bits of what dreams are made of Now there are others Many wounded and broken Some crying and fighting with themselves Remember your own pain […]
I was drowning, floundering, and crying Yet there was nothing I could do It was all out of bounds No way to stem the tide Hopes rose Hopes deflated Was sadly looking at the bottom of my shoes I scraped off the dirt But it wouldn’t come off […]
Stay calm Sigh Breathe Yell For it will change Have patience All that fluctuates will flatten Have you ever felt that you were in the middle of a cyclone? Tornado? Everything spinning all around and around. And not in a good way like that Dead or Alive song. […]
There is a time when all anxiety is stripped from your core. Or rather, there are a few times when that anxiety is stripped. I am one of those odd extroverted introverts. Which means that I am shy but I can put on a good show. I […]
Thee last 6 weeks (or even more than that) have been ones where I was constantly doing something. I packed up and sold a house, moved into an apartment, had three weeks of back to back business trips, got a major rash from a centipede bite that […]
