It is getting very close to the day. I always wondered how I would feel on that day. Actually, the…
Significant – a poem for Valentine’s Day
Significant I don’t have a significant other, but I have other signifiicants– the love of my children, the love of…
The Best Thing About the Stigma of Mental Illness…
“The best thing about the stigma of mental illness is we (the people with mental illness) get to PROVE HOW…
What Anxiety Feels Like (and two worship videos to ease anxiety)
Imagine you are about to give an unrehearsed speech to 500 people in a large auditorium. This speech will determine…
Recovery is a Continuous Work in Progress – Please Read
Please read if you have time. This will catch you up to half speed (almost) of what has been happening…
A Rainbow of Races – a poem and another in honor of Black History Month
In honor of Black History Month I wanted to share two poems. These poems are also very appropriate and important…
A Skipping Stone–a free verse poem and some thoughts
It’s not turning out the way I hoped it would. Maybe it’s time for a reality check. The realities, the…
The Fabric of Me
The fabric of me is nothing you can see with the naked eye. The fabric of me was woven before…
Surviving or Living
Surviving means denying death. It means focusing on staying away from hunger, thirst, mortal wounds, and other such life-threatening things. Also,…
When You Wish Upon a Star..
My memoir is complete. Finally. All done. After about ten years of thinking about it, two years working on it…
