Grief Can Be Paralyzing I knew for weeks it was coming. That day. That night. It was going to be the anniversary, one year since the fateful night my daughter’s husband called. The call was to inform me he and my daughter had decided I could no longer have any…

Realizing You No Longer Love Your Child But You Don't Care This didn’t feel like a revelation to me. In fact, I felt nothing at all. Just shrugged my shoulders and continued cleaning up the kitchen. How could you not love your child? A year ago I would have thought…

How can this keep happening at my age? — I’ve thought about writing on this topic for some time. However, I’ve seen other women try it and receive considerable negative feedback. I’ve also seen them garner support. Recently, I’ve been hit on everywhere from the grocery store, the mall, to even church, and I’m exhausted with it. The above…

I dreaded Valentine’s Day every year — I dreaded Valentine’s Day every year because I was embarrassed. By profession, I’m a cosmetologist. I spent the majority of the years I worked in that business at the same establishment. That particular salon was small when I started there, but business was good and my city was growing. Within…

Relief from the escape of negative emotions hardly makes up for the inability to feel happy ones — *CW: Discusses suicide ideation I was always the type of person who wore my heart on my sleeve, and I hated it. Crying at the drop of a hat was unavoidable. It was embarrassing at times. …

And what we can learn from the reaction to his injury. — I admit initially I wondered slightly about the seemingly over-the-top amount of attention being paid to the condition of Demar Hamlin. Demar is the Buffalo Bills safety who suffered a complete cardiac arrest last Sunday as millions of viewers looked on during the nationally broadcast NFL game. Demar made what…

It depends on what you value most. — I’ve significantly reduced the amount of writing I had been doing in recent months. I’ve written about, and referenced several reasons for this. There is another reason however, I’ve not mentioned. I’ve been writing letters, and my letters are similar to my stories. They tend to be long and detailed. …

Racism cuts both ways It happened to me at the mall. My daughter wanted us to go to the mall today to look around at the Christmas decorations and see how my infant granddaughter might react to the lights and busy crowds. We thought she would be mesmerized by the…

How a Republican mastermind taught a Democrat a life lesson This picture of me was taken ten years ago with Mr. Tom Ellis. I had stopped working for him two years prior to this due to complications from a major spinal surgery. However, I loved Mr. Ellis and his dear…