I remember watching Twin Peaks for the first time and thinking, “What the hell was that,” but also loving every second of it. Despite only a few episodes into the first season, I was on a mission to find more things like the show. The internet was not as vast as it is today, so…
Trauma Portfolio
Ivanhoe
My stomach sinks every time I drive by that street. I try not to look in that direction, but find myself wondering anyway. My car turns into the neighborhood and I reach the stop sign. I can see the fence from there and feel hot tears start to well up in the corner of my…
Love or whatever
I’ve been reading a lot lately to curb the phone addiction that keeps me up until the witching hour. I’m about halfway through a book that focuses on a woman with many relationships, but just one true love of her life. I stayed up very late thinking about the loves of our lives. I thought…
A Better Daughter
My car has warned me for about a week now that I need an oil change. I didn’t have any time until Wednesday. But it snowed quite a bit on Tuesday, so the kids had an e-learning day on Wednesday instead. I rescheduled for today. Wednesday afternoon I got a message to call my cousin…
Mental Gymnastics: Baseball Edition
The BBWAA announced earlier in the week that no one made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year. I was a little relieved after spending two afternoons recording my not so positive thoughts on two podcasts with one of the baseball sites I write for. More than anything, I was thankful that another…
No witty title tonight
I woke up this morning a little annoyed because I heard my children bickering over chocolate milk. That’s a typical morning when you have young kids. I was also annoyed because I only managed to get about three hours of sleep because I wanted to see Georgia flip the Senate. I checked the news and…
Half-asleep thoughts from 1 AM
I woke up this morning with a stomachache. This is not all that uncommon as I suffer from chronic heartburn and indigestion. I made breakfast and retreated to the couch without a plate of the pancakes I just made because of the aforementioned stomachache. I was puzzled by what could’ve caused it because I was…
A Plume Zoom Memorial
In October of 2019, I self-published a short story about a traumatic life experience. After my mild 15 minutes of fame wrapped up in December, my husband signed me up for a monthly subscription box for women and non-binary writers. “Because you’re a writer,” he said as I opened the Christmas gift. The subscription included…
Words from a frustrated mom in quarantine
I was standing in my kitchen this afternoon putting together a snack for my youngest as I heard an excited proclamation. “Mom! I got in on my own! I remembered the capital letter!” She was referring to her afternoon Zoom meeting and how she meticulously entered her meeting ID and password. I gave her a…
That’s Madam Vice President to you
As I type this, Joe Biden has 264 votes (per NPR) and is projected to win Nevada putting him at 270 without the results of Pennsylvania and Georgia, two other states with very close margins that Joe Biden has flipped. Maybe it’s dicey, but I’m keeping a positive mindset and willing this to happen. My…