I’LL you a secret. All the best people are mad. Mad like the hatter. He’s actually quite tame. Yes, that’s what she would tell herself on an icy, cold winter morning. She needed a hot cup of tea mixed with cocoa. It was her special concoction. Well, her […]
Every morning I try my best to try yo catch the sunrise. I certainly get up early enough. I just have to be intentional on what I seek at the beginning of each day.I try to instill that love of sunrises and, for that matter, sunsets in my […]
A few weeks back, right after I was getting over having both the flu and a sinus infection, I had a very trying day. Or rather my family did as a whole. And, my son will not forget that day for a long time to come. Trying days […]
Despite loving dresses and high heels, as well as wearing them everyday, I have never been a very girlie girl. To some, that just doesn’t add up or make sense. I’m not saying I was a tomboy. But I just was never that into manicures (mani-pedis), for instance. […]
I am in a major sleep deficit nowadays. I’m tired. Bogged down in fits of exhaustion and desire for REM. I would fervently relish going to sleep at a decent hour and dreaming of daffodils. But, I am in a sleep deficit. And, one cannot readily make up […]
She sat in the semi-cold living room looking at the shadows dance on the ceiling. It was late and she needed to sleep but couldn’t. She was too wound up. She looked at the shadows and she was scared. She was afraid to go to sleep. She feared […]
One morning I woke up and went about doing my usual tasks. I woke up and made four cups of coffee. I looked briefly at my work phone to make sure nothing needed to be immediately addressed. I then looked at my personal phone to see what Twitter […]
I run, run, and run. I’m in constant motion to and from. I fidget. I bite my nails. I’m in constant motion. I’ve always been this way. I was born like this. A decade ago, I would walk 45 minutes in the morning to work and 50 minutes […]
This morning I received a Facebook messenger notification. A friend had forwarded me the Facebook notification they had received alerting them that we became friends nine years ago. Of course, we had been friends way longer than that. We have known each other since elementary school. So, it […]
Two empty lemonhead boxes under the pillow A bladder full of borrowed tears Dreaming of lollipops and popsicles Spinning on tiered goals of marzipan A belly full of ache Shards underneath weathered feet Candyman needs to pass out more sugar And frosted eyes need to stop wishing for […]
