One of my readers has become a regular correspondant. She is involved in an abusive relationship, and over the last couple of years, I have learned to offer her encouragement "in code". I know her e-mail isn't secure and she is forced to go to the library to write, so I offer this posting today just for her ( Read more... )

I find the holidays completely overwhelming. Even though Christmas is my favorite time of the year, I find that with each passing year, my desire to decorate, buy gifts or do much of anything that requires extra work, less and less ( Read more... )

It took me years to figure out exactly where my disorders came from. What fueled them exactly? What issues were they tied to ( Read more... )

There's nothing more frustrating than looking for something and not being able to find it ( Read more... )

For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to run away. As a child, I wanted to escape my family, the people at school that made my life a living hell and the ugly person I saw reflected back in the mirror ( Read more... )

To say I've been uninspired lately would be an understatement. I've sat down every day for almost a week and written something to post, only to re-read it afterwards and decide it was boring, irrelevant or repetitive ( Read more... )

I wish I could say that I was handling things better, but I'm not. Maybe it's hormonal, maybe it's stress, but look at me wrong these days, and that brings a deluge of tears ( Read more... )

Sometimes it feels like the world is crashing in around you. Nothing is going right. People whom you thought were your friends have quit calling. You think you have all of the answers, but none of them seem to match the questions life is asking. Sleepless nights are spent trying to solve a puzzle you doubt you have all of the pieces to in the first ( Read more... )

As a single person, I think one of the scariest things is fearing something going wrong and having no one near you to assist. On Sunday, I was out working in my yard and this white Suburban comes tearing around the corner and jumps the curb. There are small children in the neighborhood and so to see someone driving so carelessly was cause for ( Read more... )

I have a season pass to a local theme park and bought it with the intention of using it at other locations throughout the country. But when I can, I like to go and ride roller coasters for an hour or so and then go home. Nothing says stress relief like screaming on metal bullet cresting a hill at almost 80 miles an hour ( Read more... )