there is joy in his giggle unmitigated happiness in his uncanny ability to transform an ordinary couch cushion to juggle gym to slide to trampoline ‘mommy’ takes on a new edge when shrieked from a crib is this the love that ‘knows no bounds’ don’t know only the texture of his oatmeal is important…
Tag: Post-a-Day
Secret Sharer helps Save the Day
Sonji had known she was different since before she could walk. Only her very best friend in the whole wide world Francis knew her secret. Sonji was a sharer. Telling anyone outside of Francis would have been a death sentence. Her mother would probably have preferred if Sonji had told her she was a…
appreciation i
there is a space where breast meets rib softness rests there never having seen sunlight it is unmarred innocent rarely touched it yields warmth the feminine softness physically manifests a place of intimate refuge – home entire religions founded wars forged to possess to caress a place where there is…
Infidelity, a Sin?
I cheated on myself with coconut cake I can’t even begin to tell you How good it feels from the fluffy Marshmallow frosting to the pineapple filling Oh my head is just spinning This twice a year delicacy has been Infamous in the demise of diet plans Recovering diabetic traumas and no One minds the…
Lessons I’ve Learned from Children
Children don’t often tell stories in a straight line. They give you fragments. Small pieces from different events dished out over time. As a therapist working with children it’s important to chronicle these bits so together with the kids in your care you can assemble the puzzle that brought them to you in the first…
Weight Watchers Drop-out Works to Redeem Herself
I have lost 25 pounds six times over six years not including the one year where I lost 30. Each time I believed I was dieting for the ‘right’ reasons. I believed that ‘this time I’m going for the goal.’ Each time I lost the weight and I put it back on plus a few…
squirrels in the sandbox (based on a true story)
screeching through the screen door there are squirrels in the sandbox i don’t know what to do there are squirrels in the sandbox don’t leave me out here alone it might eat me or worst give me fleas and bring its friends to eat up all my toys this is atrocious squirrels should know better…
resignation remorse
women hold up half the sky, mao tse-tung i didn’t want you to leave i just needed you to let go to stop squeezing so tight trapping me inside the spaces you don’t want to visit can’t stand to be a part of i wasn’t asking you to leave i was just asking that you let go…
evangelism has its price (how i hated sleeping beauty and refused to be silent about it)
my father was a huge sci fi fan. and he imparted this love for all things scientifically fictional on me. i remember standing in line at the woods theatre for an hour before the first showing of star wars: a new hope. hell i could recite the opening lines of star trek before i could…
fearfree living 