Addiction, Grief, Guest Posts
November 22, 2019
What I Wanted To Say
What I wanted to say was, It took him years to die overnight. He was an alcoholic. Drank himself to death at 47.
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cancer, Family, Guest PostsA Walk in the Park
“Tim’s bothering me,” Luke’s message said. “If he doesn’t stop, I’m going to blow his fucking head off.”
I called Luke back. “I know about Tim bothering you. He bothers me too. But I thought I should point out that Tim is dead.”November 20, 2019Share this:
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empty nest, Guest Posts, motherhoodUndone
The anxiety of not knowing the extent of her injuries numbed my limbs and tightened my chest, and I could not concentrate on the tasks I needed to accomplish. Neither could I overcome the fear of actually finding out what had happened.
November 18, 2019Share this:
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Eating/Food, emotions, Guest PostsNoise
There is nothing wrong with self-improvement. Not one damn thing. But are all these books, podcasts, and blogs really aimed at self-improvement, or do they sell the idea that the way someone is doing something is the way we should all do it?
November 17, 2019Share this:
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Grief, Guest Posts, healingBreeze
How did my body tell me about its own grief after my fiance was killed? The breeze on my cheek – just a few weeks after he died – stopped me in my tracks.
November 15, 2019Share this:
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Guest Posts, motherhood, No Bullshit Motherhood, parentingMothering In Heat
I’m convinced that climate change is going to boil us all alive, and this record-setting July heat wave had done nothing to assuage my fear.
November 13, 2019Share this:
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Abuse, Guest Posts, Letting Go, Mental HealthYellow
My teeth were yellow after a friend committed suicide and I started smoking a pack a day for almost two months. I quit shortly afterward.
November 10, 2019Share this:
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beauty, Guest Posts, loveThe Pleasure Is Mine
…a pleasure so good and liberating I often had to remind myself that it wasn’t wrong. It was just pleasure. Personal. Satisfying. Essential.
November 8, 2019Share this:
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Guest Posts, No Bullshit Motherhood, Self LoveWho Are You Now?
I return to the couch and pull up the blanket. I see a pattern outside, as if snow is choreographed as it falls from the sky. Each snowflake is part of a dance, like a ballerina who dances for the sake of dancing.
November 6, 2019Share this:
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Guest Posts, motherhood, No Bullshit MotherhoodDon’t Tell Me How to Parent
My daughter is at the forefront of my thinking in EVERY single thing that I do, whether she is in my physical presence or not.
November 4, 2019Share this:
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Guest Posts, No Bullshit MotherhoodQuality Versus Quantity
When a student or new friend asks me about my other sons’ whereabouts, I say they are in college which is only half true.
October 27, 2019Share this:
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chronic pain, Guest Posts, HopeThe Shame of Pain
Hope is complicated. After all of these tries, this list of 46 different treatments and therapies, I no longer have hope that things will get better. I have hope that things will not get worse, which is not the same thing. I have a hope that feels a lot more like mercy than it does like faith.
October 24, 2019Share this:
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Divorce, Family, Guest Posts, motherhoodCoda
I’ve had friends tell me about phone flirtations because they know I won’t judge. I have a hard time telling them to walk away.
October 20, 2019Share this:
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Advice, Guest Posts, No Bullshit MotherhoodSome Thoughts on Parenting
Hug your kids. Often. For no reason at all. Sometimes they just need it and will never turn you down. In fact, hug anyone you love whenever you have a chance. Life is short.
October 18, 2019Share this:
