Hard-living novelist Harry Crews wrote “There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with,” in his book Scar Lover. The problem with that, is it’s not always true. I know. I have a few. We all do. The physical [...]
It never occurred to me that other people didn’t see words in the air, whistling around their eyes and in their ears, vying for attention. That’s what happens to me when I’m inspired. The words start rustling around. They present themselves to me. I can hear them ringing and ringing until I pay them some [...]
I spent over half of my life thinking that I could not have a baby, because of my Type 1 Diabetes. Part of it was misinformation. Part of it was fear. At some point, some internal movement as small and quiet as the tick of a watch, empowered me to refute the cards that I [...]
As the song says “It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock and roll.” And boy is that true. I’m not talking about work. I’m talking about life. Real life. Where our own perception of our own worth impacts everything, really. I was talking with my mother this weekend [...]
Last week was heavy. Let’s get our ridiculous on. Who’s in? The other night, the Main Squeeze asked me what my deal was with Zac Efron. I said “have you seen him?” The MS just shook his head and called me a cougar. Wait, what? I flew off the handle, fighting like Joan [...]
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