It's still unnerves me whenever a friend or colleague expresses surprise when they find out my parents are dead. Medium recently had a highlighted section on "grief" and as usual when I see such call-outs, I felt I should participate. Read. Comment. Write. I know this...
I am, overall, not a person with "steel core." I have, like, "steel scaffolding" at best. I'm certainly not armor plated either. Which means, all this shit gets to me. You can use the word "trigger" or simply "upset" but whatever, I am exhausted emotionally by this...
Keely had her first visit with my veterinarian of choice, and we learned some things. Good things, bad things. Good: She's in overall-all excellent health, and the heartworms are definitively gone. She's younger than was estimated, probably only between 6-7 years, not...
There is no fixing a problem when no one is willing to write about it because it's easier not to. Writers, we're a sensitive lot. We fear criticism, and we want to write good stories. That is universal, and also sometimes crippling to our motivation. It also sometimes...
How about keeping expectations in check for peace of mind? MargieB left this one for me. I know that for her, as for many of us, 2016 has been a difficult if not downright tumultuous year. Hopes dashed, plans falling apart, health issues arising or continuing, etc. My...
More about my dog, because she's awesome. She's 100% not a morning dog. When I wake up she follows me from room to room as I do my ablutions, where she flops down on the floor and tries to go back to sleep. Oh, she'll get excited when I rattle her harness and leash to...
I went on a sort of date with a nice guy recently, who is a network maintenance IT dude. I told him I have a masters in library and information studies (pls to be noting the bolded part) and as well, I work in an information tech field. At one point during the...
This is a post about my dog, Keely, whom I love and adore, and you have been warned. I've had my dog Keely for, oh, five days now. This is definitely one of those "love at first sight" stories but I've already written that part. Nowadays, what's interesting to watch...
I have a dog! This is the culmination of about 22 years of longing and waiting. After my parents' dogs died, I was not in a stable place (emotionally or financially) to take care of...well, anyone or anything. Then I got married and my ex did not want a dog for a pet...