Category Archives: Relationships
Four Years
Procrastination
Ever put something off for, say, forever? I have. Procrastination is my middle name. I put off calling a friend for so long that, the longer I waited, the more difficult it became to get in touch with that person. I felt like I was a major disappointment, and the shame that kept building became ...
Weight
What does depression feel like? That's what ads for antidepressants ask us, as they parade about cartoons of sad rocks rolling lazily along a sparse black and white landscape. Right now, it feels like this enormous weight sitting on my chest, one that refuses to go away. I look fine on the outside (even on Twitter), ...
Up in Smoke
It's day 8 now with Mom in the hospital and me making it a second home. A week ago yesterday that we almost lost her. Hoping this is her week to go home, but that depends on her white blood cell count coming down. They say nurses are the worst patients and I understand why. ...
Clueless in Sebring
It's the strangest thing, being in the hospital, or having a loved one in the hospital. You're trusting your life with people you don't even know. The nurses, the doctors, the aides. Don't know them from Adam, and yet every time I leave the hospital, I trust them with the life of my mother. I ...
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I’m a writer. A lover, not a fighter. An amateur philosopher who enjoys shaving giraffes and dancing around my living room in my boxers.