I love to travel, try new foods, ingest caffeine, and watch political news coverage. A psychologist by training trying to bring a little common sense to it all.
I have not had a lot of time as of late to sit down and write. Work, useless discussions, tears, and feelings of guilt have dominated my time. It’s a merry-go-round of emotions around here lately. And, moments of introspection and reflection book-end my days. It is with […]
Maya Angelou: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Believe people when they show you they are a grifter. And, remember, grifters are going to grift. You shouldn’t expect otherwise. Don’t be scandalized. Stop the grift. Don’t change, shame, or blame. Grifters won’t […]
I used to love the Oscars. Loved watching the nomination announcements. I loved casting my own ballot. I even enjoyed throwing a few Oscar watching parties. Then, little by little, I stopped going to the movies. Then, little by little, I had no sense of connection to the […]
Here’s the truth right off the bat. When you lose a loved one, conversations become awkward. People fumble for words. They feel sorrow on your behalf. Often, they want to help. Many will reflexively ask how can I help? Meanwhile, you feel overwhelmed and bombarded. You may find […]
Today, we enter the Year of the Rabbit. I must say I haven’t been keeping track of the days this past week, and the lunar new year falling on this Sunday caught me by surprise. We are entering the year of the Rabbit or, more specifically, the Year […]
She was sitting quietly in her friend’s house, sipping on supposed calming tea. She had never found those things to work. But she was willing to try anything to give her racing heart a break. It was working double time. As such, she needed to get up and […]
He, too, wanted to be an adventurer She put it in his head he could enhance his status as a lecturer She made it seem a delight But it had always given him a fright He wanted to explore And to adore But darkness always creeped up And […]
I’m tired. Haven’t slept, really slept, in days. Maybe it’s being in this semi- state of perpetual tiredness, but I saw a quote that just stayed in my head all day. Thinking is difficult; that’s why most people judge I’ve seen this quote before. It’s believed to be […]
The other day, I was lamenting the fact that a certain pizza place didn’t seem to ever work out. Whenever we ordered delivery, either the delivery person would go the wrong way, the pizza would arrive cold, or have the wrong toppings. Yet, we would keep giving them […]
January’s have been hard for me. I’ve lost three dear loved ones in past January’s. When I seemingly got through this past Friday, the 13th, I breathed a sigh of relief. That was foolish of me. I sit here having cried for two days now. Grief never goes […]
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