My fitbit is something I might just let go of in the new year. There are many things to let go as the year 2020 thankfully winds down. I’ve been making a list. Fear needs to be left behind. Same wuth midnight snacks. And, my fitbit may very […]
I get the pain I get the uncertainty I get the breathing The lightbulbs have been turned on I get the hunger I get the emptiness I get the vacant eyes The lightbulbs have been turned on
I’m so tired of hearing that you shouldn’t let perfection be the enemy of good. I’m of the belief that perfection is not an obstacle to good. One can reach the “good” stage and keep going. You can’t just be complacent with being good. But that’s just me. […]
Nothing simpler than a boy and his dog. A boy staring into the loving eyes of his dog and feeling safe and secure from all that there is in the world. Love in its purest form. That was my Christmas day. I watched as my son embraced his […]
I have always loved the movies and pop culture overall. It was my world of escape from the everyday doldrums of growing up in the Bronx. I even used to throw Oscars parties. Then came a time, I willingly stopped going to the movies. I had a baby […]
The thing is, she’s dangerous. That’s what she had been told. Laughable, really. Sitting on the bathroom floor popping a xanax didn’t make her feel dangerous. Yet, there was that boom, boom, boom beat to her heart. It pounded and drove her dangerously to the edge of reality […]
Oh my. Oh my. What an odd year it has been. Name it and it has happened. I need not review it. We’ve all been through it. But here is a really odd thing for me. My son made no Christmas list. He asked for nothing despite all […]
The holidays can be both raucous and quiet with anticipation. Wishes and dreams driving anticipation. Families gatherings turn into a quiet bit of calmness before the dawn. Many scenarios have played out throughout the years. This year, there’s a general sense of being stirred. Going a bit stir-crazy. […]
Here we go again. We are in the month of December eagerly awaiting holiday celebrations, family gatherings, vacation time, and a new year. Well, vacation is a bit of a dream concept at the moment. Family gatherings are a bit of a covid as we enter a dark […]
I want to scream. You want to scream. Your neighbor wants to scream. Your grocery clerk wants to scream. Your friends want to scream. Your kids want to scream. We all want to scream. But we can’t always scream. There are times when we can silently scream
