mental health writing

Is 44 Too Old to be Earnest?

One of my best, and maybe worst, qualities is my earnestness. I feel things deeply. Does earnestness drain like a gas tank, as your age-related perspective increases? Am I supposed to be more jaded, feeling more ennui, or even just not showing my feelings because it’s embarrassing (whether it’s supposed to be embarrassing for me or it just embarrasses others might be a worthy discussion as well.)

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”

Welcome to the Anxious ADHD Brain

But, you want to know what it really feels like? When your train of thought is going straight ahead, and seemingly out of nowhere it veers sharply to the left, it doesn’t seem weird to you, just to other people. It’s the realization that most people’s thoughts don’t work like that and that moving from discussions about dinner to a news article you read earlier and back again, with no transition, sometimes leaves people bewildered.

Year of Grief, from Traumas New and Old

We are all spent and on edge Image by Larm Rmah from unsplash.com. Every day, I read the news. I see the photos. I hear the reports. The grief is palpable. I can feel it pulsing around me, a living, breathing thing that threatens to consume all of us. My anger and my sadness makeContinueContinue reading “Year of Grief, from Traumas New and Old”

The Equality Fight Continues and Is More Important than Ever

The Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether employers have the right to fire employees based on their sexual orientation and gender identity SPOILER: Opinions ahead “I’d like to live to be old.” — Bren Osborn In October of last year, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases that will determine whetherContinueContinue reading “The Equality Fight Continues and Is More Important than Ever”