I am not your free therapist

Kindness does not include being a free therapist for everyone you meet.

A Thousand Tiny Nameless Things

There are these moments, Reader, ones so far from what happened that I almost forget my own history.  And then BAM! A word, an action, some split-second returns me, reeling, …

If not for you: to Bridget and Kate

To my little sisters

The Happiest Girl in the World

“I’m baffled because I’ve never met someone so full of life, and you’re telling me that you want to die?” He asked. I nodded, “yes”. I don’t know how to …

A Séance for Past Selves and Mistakes

Séances are used to make contact with the dead.  I’m not using it in the literal sense so much as I am applying it to our past selves.  We’re so …

The Title of this Chapter is My Name

On being myself before I am anyone else’s or anything else.

To be a third wheel

The holidays are almost upon us.  Cards by the dozen will flood mailboxes.  Festive invites to Friendsgivings and Christmas parties.  I cherish the closeness.  But I’m also single as hell, …