This was the happiest she had felt in decades. Even her t-shirt had the word “happy” on it. She had been sad for so long that she needed to proclaim, for the world to see, her full scale happiness. This was bliss. All the past pills, jobs, friends, […]
That’s it At last it is time to saunter away No tight ties that bind No other cuffs to hamstring The ghosts wondered if it had truly ended But now the finishing point’s horizon is clear Over and out Done and not won over Divorcing from ridiculousness Farewell […]
Every once in a while, I go down a memory lane trip regarding my beloved mother. Today was such a journey. I sat here and remembered how many years ago my mom used to play Carly Simon’s song “You’re so Vain” with much heart and zest. She loved […]
Right at this moment I am eating, although I shouldn’t be, a bag of potato chips. I had told myself that I needed to cut back on my carbs. And. I have been doing a relatively good job of avoiding potato chips as those are my biggest […]
Swirl and swirl Dizziness at new heights Out of my mind Out of this world Excitement Bombastic Time for the bubble to unfurl And to smite with a set of kites We must unwind And enter the dance floor unwhirled Excitement Bombastic The ocean holds a special […]
It just hit me this week that my son will be ten in six months. That is so momentous that I am besides myself in thinking about it. I was just being nostalgic this morning in that I can literally count on one hand the number […]
“I have no goals at the moment.” Anyone who knows me well, or just a tad bit honestly, would never believe that such a sentence would be uttered by me. I am a Type A, highly-driven person who similar to what Madonna told Dick Clark many years […]
No one knows the trouble I got. No one. But everyone here has trouble and that is Trouble with a capital T. It didn’t matter how hard it snows out, however, inside there was just warmth and blood. The tastes were all around so salty and the […]
I get maybe a hundred or more emails a day. I also get hundreds of text messages a day as well as voicemail and WhatsApp messages. Actually make that over 300 text and What’s App messages on some days. I am a woman on the go. I run […]
This Monday that passed at 4am a young friend of mine left this earth. She had a six month old baby boy. and was 33 years old. Just 33! But her body was riddled with a rare cancer that took root. One day we were laughing at a […]