Just in time for us to wave goodbye to November and say hello to December, there is a breeze outside that seems determined to chase the warm temperatures away. In the distance clouds have formed, the sight of them leave me hoping that the weather channels warning of a rainstorm this week, is real. The idea that winter […]
Upon My Devotion
Upon My Devotion Upon my devotion you spread your anger with the world I now suffer You thought you were safe or perhaps you thought I wouldn’t stop kidding myself Memories well up your ice-green eyes bulging your once soft hands twisting, shoving, pinning, my body…my mind Close to three years fear bound me to […]
laugh. cry. be.
A few months ago I was talking with my sister, I had shared with her some challenges I was wrestling with, after a 5 minute diatribe, my closing statement just before coming up for air was something like this: “I keep telling myself to snap the fuck out of it! Seriously, what is my problem?” […]
Talking About Teen Dating Violence
*Note: This interview was originally published on Midlife at the Oasis. Not all kisses are loving, as Elin Stebbins Waldal reveals so bravely and intimately in Tornado Warning: A Memoir of Teen Dating Violence and Its Effect on a Woman’s Life. As you know, Amy, Susan and I all have teenage daughters so we were immediately […]
