The rowdy sports pub, overflowing with people, everyone shouting and acting as though the louder they were, the more likely their opinion...

"it's a great story, Mom, but none of it is true. Why?" "It was my way of dealing with things. When something came up, something happened...

What did After do? After meant I wasn't scared of Now. After meant I knew those were not last words, and that maybe my trauma could do...

Now right now, now. not right now nows not the time it wont helop it'll just make things worse the pain will still be there after ok....

I dont have to be 'Better' meaning not this way anymore. Doesnt mean I have to be (ugh) 'NORMAL' who would want that? All I have to do it...

Last Words I remember his last words to me The pain they caused me. Cause me. It's not only his words. Art, books, movies, web lists...

How did I make it through? Asking for help didn't work. Puppy snuggles helped but not enough to make a difference. My own trauma. Thats...

I did everything right. I reached out to re-start therapy tooks my meds regularity spent time outside snuggled my dog asked for help....

Alright. I'm not doing okay, but am trying to get there through creating some structure and having an accountability partner. So. Yes,...

So updating daily clearly is not happening, certainly not with the regularity I planned to hold myself to. Some days I struggle because...

If life was a movie, I would be hurt, shown to be broken. To be unable to get out of bed or eat. To rise each morning, eyes red and...

Starting at 24 because the last one published is #23 and I know I’ve written more, but thankfully I never said that I would write in...

I read in a facebook group somewhere that if you have a plot hole and are stuck, you should dive right in - explore - see where the world...

The more I've been writing, the harder it's become. Its as though now that I have started this project, I'm scared to finish it because...

It was still there. Nicole let go of the breath she had been holding during that flash moment when she wasn't sure if the ring was still...

She was an imposter. A fraud. She did NOT belong, How could she? This wasn't her - she grew up in a house that made it impossible not to...

At first Nicole thought it was just her reading into things, like how when you read a horoscope your mind finds ways to make it fit or be...

Two out of ten. That's what Nicole would have given herself for her score of how well she did in that moment - even with a re-do. What do...

Cute Pup G'morning. Trying to think of what to write is part of the process of writing, right? Between writting late last night, not...

I ugly cried reading a book - Olivia Benson is Running Out of Time (I'm not 100% certain that the full title is correct, but I don't want...