The Dating Rat Race
Doesn’t anyone date anymore? I am on the brink of turning 42 years old and have been divorced for over a year and a half now. Since rejoining the dating scene, I’ve come to believe that technology has...
Tales of a Formerly Inadequate Fat Girl
Distraction: Let Go or be Dragged [on the fly]
I am very distracted today. I cannot seem to focus on my writing that I came here to work on – all I want to do is sit here and people watch in this coffeehouse that has become...
Normal. [on the fly]
Normality is conformity But what is normal? This is all I can recall off the top of my head of a poem I wrote back in high school. Unfortunately, my poems and writings from those days are forever lost...
Forgiveness [poetry]
Sometimes you think you know someone But the someone you know Is a LiE For years Blinded ToNs of LieS & DeCeiT Then one day You open your eyes...
Emotional Limbo [on the fly]
Lately, I am feeling some sort of way that escapes words. I’m teetering between memories and dreams, tears and joy; feeling the overwhelming need to either escape myself or crawl into my mind and rummage around. It’s...
9 1/2 Dates ~ An Ode to Friday Night
1: We went out for Mexican food. He got more salsa on his white shirt than in his mouth. I sunk deep into my chair from embarrassment when he farted loudly, laughed and said, “That means the food is...
Bittersweet Symphony of Life ~ [on the fly]
I’m a very patient and positive person and I absolutely love my job – I dread working it though because of my horrible boss. I’ve been working for almost a year now, with a horrible boss to beat all horrible...
Meditative Bliss ~ La Spiaggia [on the fly]
I found myself wide awake at 3:30am this morning; my mind was spinning. After fifteen frustrating minutes of attempting to fall back to sleep, I turned my light on and stared at my ceiling; that’s when every horrible...
Regrets? ~ [on the fly]
My Facebook newsfeed is always seasoned with posts from my friends about their children; I love seeing the photos and hearing about their milestones and accomplishments. Today, it started me thinking back to a question I am often asked: “Do...
