Go home little bird go home

November 19, 2025.Reading time 3 minutes.

Go home little bird go home. Your place is now up in the sky with your loved ones that await you. Go home and release all your cries. Your pain went beyond your wings. You’ll never recognize the damage that’s been done. I’ve been told you were difficult even when you were young. All I’ve […]

Letter To My Sisters

February 9, 2024.Reading time 2 minutes.

To all my sisters and all the darling sisters of sisters who feel the same way about their sisters. Dear Sister,I love you so much.I wish I could give you everything you deserve.I wish I could take away all the turmoil, that your body and soul searches to get rid of.I wish you could’ve had […]

Sometimes I Think of How Badly I Really Need a Drink

March 2, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

It’s been a stressful last 5 months. I’ve been sick three times, I’ve been to court three times and had a knee injury. The last court case went well. Deadbeat offered to up monthly child support payments to resolve his balance within a year. But, I think he walked away from that court hearing wondering […]

Reshuffle, reshuffle, and reshuffle some more.

January 25, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

I know what I want and I know what I deserve. It takes a long time to get here and as a Child of an Alcoholic, many of us say we will not be like them. But, I was one that held onto that for a long time. I probably went overboard, doing the […]

Are you involved with or dating a narcissist?

January 5, 2022.Reading time 15 minutes.

Subtle things to watch out for if you suspect something wrong in your partner: Narcissists might like you but only because it relates to something they either do or that will benefit them. I dated a narcissist and after a couple weeks, I kept on asking him what he liked about me. Not that I […]

3 1/2 Weeks

November 30, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

As I sit here on the cliff’s edge, overlooking the ocean, I wonder what happened. Was three weeks apart just too long for you to still adore me? Or, did you have time to think? Getting to know someone isn’t easy, especially when you haven’t had enough time. It’s not always rainbows and sprinkles. As […]

Letter to my Rapist

May 26, 2021.Reading time 24 minutes.

It wasn’t until recently that I came to realize how my rape truly affected me. At the age of 16, I lost my virginity to being raped. I never before realized how for decades, this act plagued me, and my encounters and involvements with men. I minimized the violation, to being passed out for most […]

Memories through a Photograph – Innocence Lost

March 18, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

Every once in a while I come across this picture. I have a few pictures from this night in 1986. I always had a camera handy to capture anything and everything. I’ve probably captured too many memories that most would like to forget. But, the more times that I have come across this image, I […]

Loving My Long Hair

March 14, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

I love my long hair. I used to really love having short hair, also. When I was a child I remember my mom having my dad take me and one of my sisters to the barbershop to get our hair cut. We had long hair and my mom had a hard time brushing through it […]

Happy 51st!

March 11, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

Did I get dumped on my birthday? Some might say that is questionable. Do I feel like I got dumped on my birthday? YES! It was going to be a beautiful day today and I guess it still will be. But, I cried today. I cried today, like a lot, because of love. Children of […]