Beautiful World

Yesterday as I was driving through our white and drifted snow, I had a sudden urge to get a Christmas tree. This hasn't happened for a c...

First: A couple of people have asked what the Christmas Carol giveaway is, and I've taken compassion on them and not referenced last yea...

It's after midnight. There is no reason for me to be up this late. But it's quiet and I'm thinking... My sister, Lila, called ...

I am not a collector. However, I do collect music boxes. I've always been fascinated by them. I have several unusual ones, all tucked ...

Adam is unusual (to say the least). This year he decided he and DJ would be cooking the turkey for dinner. They've done this exactly z...

The Great -L- named me that back in the days when he was being a super hero and when he actually talked with me. At the time I was, momentar...

Adam went with my parents to Utah last weekend. Friday night, Darrin and I took Tabitha out to dinner, then Tabitha and I went to a video st...

I love reading children's books. Sometimes I dance in my kitchen. There are days when I go to work wearing my pajamas. I sing when...

Darrin had been out of a job for a month and I was starting another job--which made, at the time, six jobs. Fortunately, my teaching contrac...

Adam is miffed at me. I let him know yesterday, after a sizable snow dump, that people who drive my car are responsible for preheating it an...

Yes--I am a vegetarian--mostly. But sometimes my family rebels. Especially when I buy fake meat things...and don't tell them...at wh...

I'm not posting a gratitude as my Facebook status every day until Thanksgiving. This is not because I'm ungrateful, but rather, beca...

I understand that my running outside mornings are probably over for a few months but I can't stop checking the weather forecast. I'm...

Each bout of PTSD begins with an intense need to connect with people I love. I start missing them, wanting to talk with them--to BE with the...

I have little patience with people who "know." Actually, I need to qualify that: I have little patience with people who expect m...

And...it's over. I'm always a little amazed when the PTSD symptoms completely subside. Life suddenly swings back into focus and I ...

Each time something healing happens inside me, I go through a period of intense insecurity. I question everything stable in my life, and exp...

Today is the first day in six that I did not wake up with a headache and a panic attack. This might possibly be attributed to the fact that ...

It used to be my favorite holiday. Christmas couldn't hold a candle to it. One year I saved a large appliance box and it became a ...

It is the nature of PTSD to undermine the security and self-worth of the host. Yes, I know it's a mental disorder, not an assailant. I...

Therapist: So--you don't believe the problem is a control issue. me : Nope. Therapist : Well, it seems likely, to me that it is. me ...

I detest this particular festivity. Conversely, Darrin loves it. He loves scooping out the pulp, separating and washing the seeds, and bak...

The past few days have been rainy and blustery--good autumn weather, I suppose. But we've had glorious weather throughout most of Octobe...

Okay-- I understand all the reasons why people love the movie, Inception . And I didn't dislike it. But I also didn't walk out of th...

me: Before I go, I need to tell you something and you can tell me what you think if you want to, but I don't want to do any assignments ...

I've always had a tradition of making time for people. Even when I had a pressing obligation--people came first. Therapist believes this...