Some days it doesn't seem like 8 years have passed and other days it seems like twice that has gone by. I know I may seem gloomy lately with Wally passing and being depressed about my current lack of independence and being tied to Dad and Ohio, but I am using every ounce of energy to stay positive and not sink back into that hole ( Read more... )

I started a long brain dump post yesterday titled verbal menstruation and then decided to keep it private, because who needs to see that shit really? Good thing too, because after I let yoga kick my ass both mentally and physically last night, watched 3 more episodes of True Blood to which I'm now addicted (Thanks Scott), and slept like the dead, ( Read more... )

Taurus Horoscope for week of February 4, 2010 ( Read more... )

At the start of this year I didn't feel the need to make any resolutions. I figured I would continue trying to be true to myself, call my friends the moment I thought of them and attempt to pursue my daily "Teri Time" even in the face of premenopause ( Read more... )

Lots going on around the Collins house of late and most of it is pretty good stuff ( Read more... )

It came over me about an hour ago.  I thought this intensity was in the past, it's been so long.  Was it the romantic period piece, the allergy meds, perhaps it was Peter Jennings voice from that day five years ago when we sat and tried to comprehend the madness.  All I know is it came on quick and once upon me, I couldn't shake it.  I still can't ( Read more... )

As long as I write these memories down and others read them, then Doug is never really far away at all ( Read more... )

Today would have been Dougs 49th birthday and I've been rolling around many thoughts about him this last week ( Read more... )

I dreamt of Doug on Saturday morning. It was another strange dream. I was biking and Doug was riding on a motorcycle in front of me, but someone else was driving and he was facing me ( Read more... )