Researching my family tree has been a journey, particularly when it comes to my father’s side. There has been a lot of estrangement and peop...

As with many times in recent years, I find myself glued to the news. Stomach in knots, tears welling, tense shoulders.  Furious.  I remember...

A few months ago I took a DNA test. I had some vague information about my family background, but it was mostly bits and pieces passed down t...

My mother and I were cleaning and we came across some jewelry that she wanted to organize. It was fun going through everything with my mothe...

After a long time of being single I decided to try dating again. I dated a man I met online in early 2024. He lived in Jacksonville and we o...

I had wanted comfort for so long, I thought I found it Most people think the beginning is fun but to me it is a labyrinth  Scary, unfamiliar...

The bread crumbs The precious scraps The meager subsistence I have always had to make do with less A lifetime of half love has left me hungr...

I realized one day that after years of adulting I had somehow ended up with having two stuffed animals on my bed. I used to carry around stu...

A few days ago I went over to a friends house to discuss some upcoming plans. As the conversation went on he told me that he agreed with my ...

Standing defiant against a tide I cannot change, I remember what it was like to be strong and mighty. I remember what it was like to be whol...

The Uvalde school shooting occurred on May 24th, mere days after the Buffalo shooting. This shooting was made even more tragic and sickening...

I started fencing back at the beginning of 2018. I loved it but basically felt like I had fumbled along with it for two years when the pande...

I was on vacation helping my parents clean out the garage in early 2020 when I found out that everything was getting shut down due to COVID-...