When my little dog Oliver got older, he would sometimes walk into a room and stop, looking around as if he was asking himself, "what did I come in here for?" He was a Cairn Terrier, wheaten colored, with a…
View writingWhenever Nora found herself sloped against Derek’s body, sleepy and sated, she’d try to puzzle out her intentions in these intimate interactions. “It’s so easy to forget what I came for,” she’d think. “Well, except for the obvious thing–I came…
View writingIn 2023, my husband and I moved out of our house for 3+ months because we live in a flood zone and, with climate change, the San Francisco Bay levels are rising. During times when king tides coincided with super…
View writingI'm a socialized manic, not a diagnosed one. I, as well as many of the women in my brood, have been known to pride ourselves on our multi-tasking abilities. The more busy we were, the more we were "getting things…
View writingApologies for being a silent partner this week. I've been writing each morning, but haven't had time in the day to come back and clean anything up to share. Please don't let that stop you from sharing anything you've written…
View writingWe used to have the most beautiful fairy house in the woods. It was hidden enough so that if you weren't looking for it, you might not see it. The treehouse initially looked like a birdhouse. When Megan visited me…
View writingI never believed that my father loved me unconditionally. When he came home after serving overseas in the Air Force, I was four years old. He and my mother had never gotten to live together without a child because she…
View writingMarla lounged on her sofa with her head hanging back with an upside down view of her kitchen and her phone on speaker. Her aunt was being treated for lung cancer, all good, great prognosis, but of course she no…
View writingNothing can be done once you begin to fall. You can try to catch yourself and stop the downward plunge, or if that fails you can try to brace yourself as best you can for the inevitable crash onto the…
View writing"The patient was crossing a street when he was struck by a vehicle. He was flung about 12 feet according to paramedics. He was unresponsive at the scene and unable to give any history."
View writingHe’s been dead well over a year now, yet his nightly visits continue.
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