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Aug 24, 20221 min read

From the Outside Looking In

I want to take it away. The pain, the agony, the terror. I see it staring from behind your eyes; disbelief, horror, sadness- deep, deep...

Aug 17, 20223 min read

Embrace Your Emotional Health

Currently I am reading a book written by Lillian Schlissel, Women’s Diaries of the Wetstward Journey, (1982 Schocken Books Inc.). As I...

Aug 10, 20222 min read

Death and the Hemlock Tree

Living through a death will forever change you. It is bound to happen. No one can go through what you have experienced without the death...

Aug 3, 20222 min read

Over and Over and Over

“Hazel Smyth was waiting for Madeleine to come home. Each footfall, each creek of the floorboards, each turn of the knob was her. Then...

Jul 27, 20223 min read

Grief in the Balance

I was reminded of balance while visiting Fern Canyon in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. The trail follows Home Creek for about one...

Jul 20, 20222 min read

On the Cliff

I can think of three people in my life that I love even though they no longer live. Death has removed them from this earth. The knowledge...

Jun 1, 20221 min read

Be Right Back

It is time to take my own advice. I've been writing and creating for two years. I need to attend to my own needs. The month of June will...