Down the Rabbit Hole

Down the Rabbit Hole

It’s been coming for a while… We’ve known it, hell, I feel like I’ve been shouting it for a few years only to have it fall on deaf ears. Mom just can’t live alone anymore; our nerves can’t take it. The tipping point came a few days ago… Mom was “loose in the wild”...
Finding love in your 50’s

Finding love in your 50’s

I was just invited to join a Facebook group of women over 45 who are looking for love. I joined, even though I have found my love. The woman who invited me knows this, so perhaps she thinks I may have some insight. I’m not sure why she asked me, but I’m...
Dualities and Disappointments

Dualities and Disappointments

I woke up at 3 am last night. Unusually for me, rather than rolling over and telling my brain that it’s time to sleep, I woke up and turned on the light. There was a message waiting for me from my best friend. A mutual friend of ours is facing thyroid cancer. Fuck. Is...
Judge & stay stuck, or Love & move forward

Judge & stay stuck, or Love & move forward

This morning, as is my usual habit, I made my first pot of coffee while my inner critic, The Professor, bitched at me about the things I didn’t accomplish this weekend. I don’t know why that happens. After all, I’m one of those positive thinkers, I teach the stuff ,...
My first baby steps as an activist

My first baby steps as an activist

Oh my gosh my dear friends, this week has been really…really hard hasn’t it?? Back in March when the virus first hit and the quarantine started, we thought that was gonna be tough. No one could have prepared us for this right?? In the days since the death of our...