emotional expression – Learning To Be Whole

August 11, 2018

Can’t Find a Better Man

The half growl/half crow of Eddie Vedder has long been a part of my own, personal war cry. It both fed and poured out my teenage angst—my frustration with the things that were senseless, wrong, and unjust in the world, and my desire to be free from all of the pain and confusion and devastation

Same

There is this way of speaking that has taken over much of the communication between me and my daughter, and some of my friends as well, I suppose. We shorten things. It just seems like a whole lot of flourish and extra syllables isn’t necessary or important. And while, as a writer, I am a

When The Pain is All That Is

When I was younger I used to write late at night often. I was a single mother, trying to raise a child and finish college and figure out life all at once. The late nights and the early mornings were the times I could write without taking time away from my little girl. Early mornings