Today, as I listened to the melancholy song "Say Something I'm Giving Up On You" as I folded laundry....(not thinking of anyone in particular...just it was playing on apple music...) I got those weird melancholy feelings that music gives you, even when you have no reason to be melancholy. It gave me a very real …
Beautiful Covering of Love
She was dragged half-naked through the dusty streets. The clothes that covered her earlier that morning, were left behind in passion and now in regret. Now shame was the only thing that covered her. Everything was spinning and the angry crowd spat upon her, hit her and pushed her through the streets. These were not …
Betrayed by a Friend
For more years than I can remember, I have enjoyed the company of a very close friend. This friend knows my every thought and pretty much everything that has ever happened to me, good and bad. We have been through absolutely everything together. #everything I would say this friend always is someone who has defended …
Just a Mom.
When I was in high school, I used to lay on my bed and talk to my mom about everything I wanted to do with my life. I didn't want to be "just" anything, especially a mom. Moms really seem to be at the bottom of the totem-pole, at least they did in my teenage …
Cutting the Silver Cord
Today, I dropped my daughter off to school with track forms in hand. So excited to try her "hand" at running, she woke up early this morning and made everyone omelets. I love my sweet daughter, my first-born. Born in the very early days of my adulthood, virtually a child myself, my Ariel birthed me …