She is wild, unpredictable, but she calls to me and her voice is soothing and sweet among the crashing waves. She sings to me, sometimes it feels only me. Yet I know she is singing to any and all who dare to approach her. I miss the ocean. It’s lovely to have water nearby, but …
Summer’s faded into autumn. It’s my favorite time of the year. Pretty sweaters, cozy lazy dresses and brisk, cool weather. It’s the end of the watermelon season.
Something unpleasant happened this morning when I went to wake the youngest up for school. I’m not going to go into details, not here. She didn’t want to get up. I pushed, little one pushed back…and she said some pretty hurtful things. The child brain in me wanted to respond in anger, but I didn’t. …
The quick and dirty answer is, “Yes.” Of course I’m able to physically stay alive apart from Him and his place of residence. The truth is more complicated. I wholly believe a relationship is valid, regardless of space sharing. As someone who shares her home with a partner and three others still currently shorter than …
Sssshh, little kitten. Everything is going to be okay. It’s difficult to push aside harsh and frustrating truths at times. Nor do I think anyone should avoid confronting one’s reality. Only I do believe that it’s okay to take a deep breath every so often. Lose oneself in a happy place. Troubles can wait until …
I went in search of my dart set today. My fellow teachers and I would play darts most nights, after we finished teaching and ate dinner. We’d meet up in Kyungsungdae (one of the college areas) where there were lots of restaurants and bars. One of my (our) friends owned a bar that we liked to go …
I’m tired. Exhausted, really. Some days I just want to run as far as I possibly can. I am a kitten, and a kitten can often be skittish. A kitten wants to be loved, yes, but doesn’t always know how to ask for it or find it. I am, indeed, one of the lucky ones. …
I’ve been reflecting on this sentiment, what with the election and all, and our dear, Glorious Leader declaring himself the winner, because, well, of course he is. He says he won, that means he won. Results and votes matter very little, right? It’s an odd thing, having a narcissist in your life and living with …
it isn’t up to her, OR waking up to a bright new day Read More »
This is her life. She no longer has anything but a tightly cordial, transactional relationship with someone she used to claim was the love of her life. If she has a relationship with her children, they never speak of it in kind terms. She believes the last decade of her life was a waste- as …
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“So how are things these days,” she says. And she is sincere in the question. So I talk to her. Some things are amazing, wonderful, even nearly unreal and euphoric. Sure, it’s a tough time for us all these days– but the truth is my life is better for the quarantine than it was even …
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