Depression, ADHD and World Mental Health Day One of the World Health Organization’s World Mental Health Day logo 2023 Today, October 10, is World Mental Health Day. I haven’t written in several months, so today seemed an appropriate day to start again. See, the reason I haven’t written is my mental health. Between grief, ADHD,ContinueContinue reading “Struggling in Silence”
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Stop Fighting With Yourself — An Epiphany Story for All
Author and her daughter enjoying a street party’s “foamboree.” Photo taken by author’s husband. A couple of weeks ago I had an epiphany. It wasn’t an aha moment with a hand gesture for emphasis kind of moment, just a quiet kind of epiphany. The epiphany? The fight is useless, I’m just going to be theContinueContinue reading “Stop Fighting With Yourself — An Epiphany Story for All”
Have We Lost Our Humanity?
Or did we have any to begin with? Street art in Washington, DC. Photo taken by author. Let me start with this. Humanity has always been inhumane. Atrocities have been committed throughout history. And, while we aren’t experiencing Genghis Khan-level atrocities at the moment (though Ukrainians might disagree), the United States is certainly allowing smaller,ContinueContinue reading “Have We Lost Our Humanity?”
A Daughter’s Grief and a Mother’s Love
There are so many polite ways to say it; passed away, crossed over, called home, shuffled off this mortal coil. The plain fact is though, my mama died. She died suddenly and quickly on Saturday, March 11, 2023 and life won’t ever be like it was. She collapsed in church, with my father by herContinueContinue reading “A Daughter’s Grief and a Mother’s Love”
The Emotional Strength of Accepting Rejection
Somewhat Gracefully Photo by Clem Onojeghuo on unsplash.com. My writing’s been rejected a lot. Sometimes, it wasn’t the right fit for the publication or they had something similar in the works that hadn’t been published yet. Other times, editors have said the writing was good, but they just weren’t interested at that time. And, I’veContinueContinue reading “The Emotional Strength of Accepting Rejection”
The First Amendment Has Restrictions; Why Not the Second?
Photo by author. Art by Yasmin E. Rice, Syncottia, and Ebony Byrd. “And in the naked light I sawTen thousand people, maybe morePeople talking without speakingPeople hearing without listeningPeople writing songs that voices never sharedAnd no one daredDisturb the sound of silence”The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel This song became the one ofContinueContinue reading “The First Amendment Has Restrictions; Why Not the Second?”
New Year, No Need for a New Me
New Year, New Me is such a great slogan, isn’t it? The notion of a new (aka – better) version of yourself and using the start of a new year as the spark is certainly tempting. Or is it? Why do we get a million articles and ads pushing us to be something completely newContinueContinue reading “New Year, No Need for a New Me”
The Patriarchy’s Moral Compass Points Due South
The road to Hell is paved with bad intentions Photo by Narain Jashanmal on unsplash.com Is the patriarchy ok? Are y’all feeling good about where you stand vis-à-vis society? From my perspective, things are looking more than a little rough. I mean, you must love knowing that you’ve got so many people under your thumb,ContinueContinue reading “The Patriarchy’s Moral Compass Points Due South”
Do the Things that Scare You
Photo by Varun Gaba on unsplash.com. Yesterday, I did something completely out of my comfort zone. It was terrifying; I was worried about embarrassing myself, and it seemed borderline ridiculous. I did it anyway. And, that’s something to celebrate. We should all be doing more things that make us uncomfortable. Ok, let me start atContinueContinue reading “Do the Things that Scare You”
Roe v. Wade Is Dead, but We Are Not
Without the ability to make decisions about their own bodies, without bodily autonomy, none are truly free.
They want to break our collective soul. Good luck. You can try, but history skews in favor of the oppressed.
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