memories – Learning To Be Whole

July 5, 2018

Toxic 2.0

I don’t know how to do relationships. Don’t get me wrong. I know how to advise about relationships. I’d make a great family therapist or marriage counselor. I marry people—to one another, of course—in ceremonies, as the ordained minister with credentials recognized by the state. Ask me about your relationship and I will give you

Birthday

I started bawling while I typed out a text to my daughter. She turns nineteen today. I can’t even wrap my head around that. That tiny seven pound bundle of smiles and tears that was placed in my arms all those years ago changed everything about life and love. And I know that lots of

Pills

This morning I asked the dog, “Wouldn’t my mother be proud of me, swallowing up to 11 pills at once?” Shockingly, he responded by turning his head to one side and looking at me with cuteness and confusion, wondering if I were asking him something he wanted to hear … he hasn’t mastered English language