Anniversary and Anger
This was supposed to be a post about today being the 22nd anniversary of the day I got hit by a car and left by the side of the road. However, I can’t seem to write about that right now. Not because it is too painful, but because something else has eclipsed that. A friend […]
Surviving the Scars of Chaos
It sometimes feels as if my scars, and the lessons I have learned in acquiring them, are all that keep me from spinning into a million pieces. They hold me together as life tries to tear me apart. The closed head injury and its accompanying five-inch scar on the back of my skull have taught […]
New Years Revolution
Happy New Year! Although I don’t give a lot of credence to this holiday, it is as good a starting point as any. My over-active brain has a tough time seeing this as just an arbitrary date. What makes January 1 the beginning of the year? I like to look at the Winter Solstice as […]
Hello
I feel the need to apologize for the roughness of this site, right now. I am a beginning blogger, though I have been writing for some time. So, I am a 53-year-old, childless, married, dog and cat owning survivor of a childhood mental abuse, a hit-and-run driver and breast cancer. I also live alongside my […]