Like many, if not ALL of you, I’ve been really fucking stressed lately. Yes, maybe a bit more, as my husband and I moved across the country for a new job that evaporated as quickly as it appeared, but still… there’s a pandemic, and if you know me, you know…
My Identity was Stolen and Bank of America Says It’s My Fault
The saga of my ID Theft all started when I applied for unemployment from the state of California. After hours of filing paperwork, staying on-hold with customer service, and figuring out how to get into the online system, I finally got my unemployment lined up. It would take up to…
Being Alone Sucks!
I post a lot of photos on social media. I post ALL of my published stories on social media. It would seem I have a very full and content life. But the truth is far different. For about a year and half, I’ve felt completely alone. Yes, my friends and…
The Audacity of Choice
Making decisions is one of the most looming challenges in my life. It’s not that I don’t know what I want, it’s that the audacity of actually deserving the choice that I REALLY want, feels out of reach. Who am I to get the thing I most want? What makes…
Dating NYC — HUGE NEWS
Turns out, New York was Mr. Right now, and not Mr. Right. After almost exactly a year to the day I moved to this beautiful, chaotic, overcrowded, diverse and wonderful city, I’m returning to California. New York and I had an inspired romance. It was hot and heavy. We broke up….
The Journey and the Sherpa-like People Who Guide You
At around 8-years-old I gave my dad a small wooden toy sailboat. On the side were the words, “Life is a journey, not a destination.” The Father’s Day gift symbolized (at least to me) why we moved to a different house or state every year for those eight years, and…