One thing to remember when you deal with chronic illness, especially the invisible kind, is that you can start to feel completely and utterly alone. You're on an island and perhaps people visit, reach out to show concern or help with appointments but they get to leave. You
Fighting for justice and mourning children who are slaughtered in their safe space are incredibly painful and noble endeavors. These bring out the best in those of us who are passionate about things like human survival. It breaks my heart continuously that we have to do it so often. We
What is more terrifying for a people pleaser than stopping and not letting disrespect stand. Not letting slights roll off your shoulder or burrow into your brain. Just acknowledging within yourself that you're enough until the time comes. Finally standing up and saying no more. No more. No
Someone once said to me that I don't want to be happy. I can understand why, but that couldn't be farther from the truth. I act like what I want is simple, but really my wishlist could fill the ocean. Happiness is on it but I
Fall in the midwest means many things, apple picking, leaves falling and school buses own the roads once more. I am grateful for the rain and the easing of the summer heat into lightly frosty mornings where you can see the steam coming off your coffee mug when the pup
I feel for those who meet me at this moment in time. Particularly for individuals attempting to begin or maintain a sincere relationship with my children. You are truly brave, arrogant or just have a bumpy path ahead. They are my world but rightfully are looking to escape the hedgerow.
There's no way to describe the joy I felt a week ago when I stood on a corner of a busy Ohio street and held the handmade sign out for passebys to see. An estimated 1000 protesters showed up in a very conservative district to show the biggest
For my education, and most teens in the US during the 90s, it required a few years of French (or Spanish, German or Latin) which has served me well in life. I travelled during college and got to speak a sentence or two. I call that success. It has also
I've never felt as deeply about music as I have listening to acoustic pluckings of Mr. David Gilmour. Roughly 20 years post-recording, I stumbled onto the title track to Pink Floyds' 1975 release while listening to local classic rock stations in the late '80s and building
So... Book clubs. Do we automatically have to join at 45 or can we opt out? One thing I can appreciate is a secular gathering of adults who talk about current events or topics other than imaginary friends. This kind of bonding ritual or modern Socratic learning is worthwhile and
Sitting on a tv set with only a towel or blanket to cover you and you realize you have no idea what your lines are or the storyline. You're the lead and you've been prepping all day to be in this moment and you've
In all fairness, it is REEEEAAAAALLLYY past time for my fellow white folks to deal with our family issues. I mean, we've always been a group of people who are predisposed to destroying civilization and raping cultures. And we're absolutely witless enough to take down ourselves