Beautiful World

I am out of sorts today. I'm supposed to be running, but my constant sunshine has taken a break this morning and I'm not excited abo...

Getting lost on a very long drive makes it longer. Going to bed at 2:00 a.m. does not guarantee sleep, especially if one has been drinking...

I've been asked a few lately by some who read my blog. I haven't answered any of them. I rarely answer questions unless I find the...

Warning: As usual, I'll be talking about whatever is on my mind. It could be graphic, or it might not be. I haven't decided yet. T...

I called Therapist today in a panic. I've been noticing a change inside of me. It started about three months ago. I was a little alarm...

1. I enabled full site feeds for my posts so no one has to visit my blog to finish reading anymore. They'll come in entirety to any subs...

When I was pregnant, I used to get severe cramps in my calves and feet. I could feel them coming. I knew if I stretched out those muscles, t...

My kids are back in school. They seem to have forgotten that the only reason I gave them life was so I'd have friends at home to play wi...

There was a time not long ago, when I was teaching a couple of classes at the university, early-morning seminary, Young Women, and twelve pi...

1. I don't like sourdough bread. No matter how much Darrin tries to make me like it--I don't. I'll eat it occasionally, because ...

Today was difficult--which offered me lots to think about. For the first time since my return from Seattle I experienced a day filled PTSD...

Today I feel displaced, somehow, as though I belong somewhere else. I've lived here more than half my life and for all but one year of m...

I have spent the past four years doing things I'm glad I did--but which I never wish to do again. Speaking about my past was the first...

Tabitha frequently wants to watch feel-good, everything ends happily, family-friendly, trite, poorly written, stupid movies. And I let her. ...

I just want you to know that when you left me in alone in your house today, I planned to get lots and lots of work done. But then your Clean...

I am sitting at work, looking out the window and thinking, This is not what I'm supposed to be doing. I am not, nor have I ever been, ...

I've been feeling on top of life for the first time in a couple of years. It's been wonderful. But yesterday something happened wh...

I have no idea what that quote means, nor why I'm thinking of it tonight. I remember reading it the first time and thinking, "That ...

I am waking up. At least, that's what it feels like. For more than a year I have been burdened beyond my ability to cope. Today, the b...

1. There is a twenty minute walk (at least) from the airport terminal to the light rail. And the train doesn't always leave on time whic...

Since returning home I've noticed very little disruption in my life from PTSD symptoms. They're there--I'm very aware of them--b...

This is not a site about the cartoon. It is a site where I spill my guts about my life and probably is very scary. Somehow my site became li...

I'm finding myself dwelling on the past week--processing, perhaps--and I need to note a few things here, just for clarity: Sleep.  I ...

Jason once told me I am one of the most self-aware people he knows. Self-awareness indicates an awareness of oneself as an individual or o...

I decided this today while discussing with a long-suffering friend, for the millionth time, my inability to comprehend and become comfortabl...