Mar 10, 2022What Makes A Woman?How my health crisis is opening awareness to my identity. Last Friday, on March 4th, everything was more or less normal in my life. I was dealing with an irritating fibroid in my uterus, but overall, I was okay. …Womanhood4 min readWomanhood4 min read
Nov 28, 2021Shine Where You LoveIt started with an article. The headline alone caught my attention. It spoke of weight, of horrible family members who hurt with words, and the author’s struggle with their weight. A topic all too familiar for me, to be honest. Given I’ve been learning and discovering the depth of my…Self Love4 min readSelf Love4 min read
Feb 7, 2021The Slippage of Time (or the Grief that haunts me)Note to readers: This article describes in graphic details the issue of cancer, the side effects of it, and other medical problems. Reader discretion is advised. The clock ticks. It moves along, whether or not I want it to. Tick-tick-tick… Whether or not time is relative, whether or not it…Death10 min readDeath10 min read
Jul 11, 2020Grief Over A Loss Never Goes AwayIt’s been 13 years… And every so often, my dreams are haunted by memories of my mother. Every time I think of her, I get that familiar ache, knowing she wasn’t around to see me graduate college, see me get married (and divorced). She wasn’t around to see me have…Grief6 min readGrief6 min read
Jun 27, 2020National PTSD Awareness DayEvery year, on June 27th, I’m reminded it’s National PTSD Awareness Day. Every year, I share that notice, sharing symptoms, my personal experience, and remind my friends that we should never be silent on our mental health issues. It’s a stigma that needs to go away. We’ve learned a lot…PTSD6 min readPTSD6 min read
Jun 18, 2020A Cat and His BoyI’m sure you’ve seen the viral stories about cats being tolerant and loving with young children. Particularly as cats are notorious for being frightened of children, annoyed at being dressed or cuddled if they don’t want to be. These stories are heartwarming and often make me smile. Then I think…Cats4 min readCats4 min read
Jun 16, 2020EMDR: The Rarely KnownTreatment of PTSDI’ve been in and out of therapy since I was 15 years old. The first few times were pushed by my mother, as she sensed something was wrong with me and wanted me to get help. …Mental Health5 min readMental Health5 min read
Jun 16, 2020Dear White People: We Need To TalkDear White People: Consider this an open letter from another white person. A woman, in fact. I consider myself a cis-woman, which means I was assigned female at birth and I consider myself female. I am white. You can tell from my author photo too. So why the open letter…Racism4 min readRacism4 min read
Jun 16, 2020Do You Have Major Depressive Disorder or Persistent Depressive Disorder?It started with a Yahoo article. It was the headline that caught my attention. “High-functioning depression.” I thought, was this just another version of trying to separately label mental disorders, like Asperger’s and Autism? Or was this a legitimate thing? Deciding curiosity won over, I read the article. Within a…Depression3 min readDepression3 min read
Jun 9, 2020Maybe George Floyd Shouldn’t be the Face of our Protest, but He’s the One We HaveI’ve been seeing it everywhere. Candace Owens’ rant got her kicked off and blocked by GoFundMe, about how George Floyd was a criminal and that it was a shame he was turned into the matyr for Black Lives Matter. Maybe he had a conviction or two. Maybe he was a…Black Lives Mater5 min readBlack Lives Mater5 min read
