"Thanks for waiting" feels better than "Sorry I'm late," but both wear as thin as the shadows I can't shake.
Mental Health Challenges
Room Enough to Receive It
I'm about to go full Beautiful Mind on you. Don't worry, the bulletin board next to me is completely blank--no connecting of strings and newspaper clippings to explain the theory in my brain. I don't have time for that. I have like 14 minutes before I need to get ready for semi-public viewing (my kids' … Continue reading Room Enough to Receive It
A Second at a Time
Finding my breath inside a tornado
Feel the Pull
Choice words for the choosy worder.
You Have Learned Way Too Soon
The parenting tool bag includes a lot of other bags. But is there enough room for all a parent will carry if they cannot save their child from violence?
The Songs I Cannot Sing
I have a couple dozen posts waiting for the breath of life. A collection of thoughts. But unfinished collections get lost in dark corners, so I took what I had all along and let it shine.
Details from Beyond
A senseless loss offers healing yet.
A Cup of Kindness Yet
From breakdown to wonder.
Dark Parts
The storms of my mind left me in the dark.
Frightened by the Load I Bear
To Nathaniel DenHartog, an author in chrysalis. May your book turn out exactly as it should, even if right now we're the bipolar leading the bipolar.
the well-rested mother 