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A Harsh Truth
In 2015, a doctor in Atlanta found the first depression medication to ever work for me. In December of that year, we hit upon a sweet spot in the dosage and my life began to change. Depression...
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A Turning Point for JP Barnaby
Have you ever used a View Master? Do you remember those? Snap in a round cardboard circle of pictures and look through the lens to see cartoons or far off places. For years, I felt like my life had...
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So Very Thankful
This morning, I woke to an email from a good friend letting me know that she’d lost one of her pups. She was a good ol’ girl, 105 when she passed and had led a long happy life. As I was reading, a...
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Worst Case Scenario
I’d always planned to continue the blog here after my retirement, but only when I had something worth sharing. Coming up with topic after topic, week after week, forcing content wasn’t something I...
View ArticleTask Completed: 30 Books
My friend John explained his New Year’s Resolutions as more of a to-do list for 2016 rather than things he wishes to do. There’s a difference between attainable goals and wishful thinking. So, I made a...
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A Fond Farewell
Brandon Witt, JP Barnaby, & Jared Rackler I suppose this should start with “it’s with a heavy heart that I must share with you…” but, it isn’t. My publication journey started seven years ago with a...
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Coloring #NotJustForKids
I’ve colored all my life. As a child, I spent hours coloring in cheap books printed on paper recycled from recycled paper. They were barely bound, badly drawn, and totally addictive. My favorites were...
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Why Would Leather and Happiness be Mutually Exclusive?
Boy lacing my boots at IML So, I had a friend over the other night for dinner and we were talking about me moving to the suburbs when my lease was up. It’s no secret that my boyfriend and I are moving...
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Here’s a Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares — Me
About a week ago, when I released Anthony, I got a text from a friend I hadn’t heard from in a while. Last I knew, he was in a great relationship, doing well with a personal training/nutrition coaching...
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Creativity Through Chaos #Writing
My Facebook page is chaos. My twitter feed is chaos. Check out a news outlet—all chaos. So, how does that help you as a writer? Because everyone is looking for that next fresh idea. No one wants to...
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The Freak with No Cape
Did you ever notice when you leave a superhero movie, you stand a little taller? You have a bit of residual immortality, a bit of confidence? No? Is it just me, then? I’m okay with that. Well, at least...
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Trying to Let Go
This is another revisit of an old blog post kind of topic, but this time it wasn’t intentional. In November, I posted Learning to Let Go, a post about letting go of things I cannot control. I had my...
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Revisiting Old Friends – Ghosts of Blog Posts Past
My wonderful William Cooper One of the blog post topics I’ve found during my marauding through Google is – revisit an old blog post. So, I went through my archives and found one that made me pause when...
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F*ck the Monster
Have you ever prayed for rain? I mean a soul-deep talk with the big guy, during which you lay out all the good you’ve done and ask for this one tiny favor. Just one little downpour worthy of Noah?...
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When a Party is Just a Party
This is a follow-up to the blog post The Interloper from April 18th in which I talked about my anxiety over going to the college graduation of my boyfriend’s oldest son. In a month, I’ll be...
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Drugs: The New Normal
The first time I read Sloe Ride by Rhys Ford, I identified with Quinn Morgan in a visceral way. It wasn’t the way his brain never turned off or the way he talks about things no one else gets—though,...
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My Summer Reading List
Well, it’s Friday again and I’m just getting around to writing my weekly post. In my defense, I did have to write another post this week for my monthly Love Bytes column. Okay, that’s not really an...
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COVER REVEAL – A Kind of Romance by Lane Hayes
“I loved the way his hot Italian temper gave way to infectious laughter in flashes of red and blue. He was vibrant and passionate and then cool and thoughtful.”...
View ArticleHappiness Runs
Happiness runs in a circular motion Thought is like a little boat upon the sea. Everybody is a part of everything anyway, You can have everything if you let yourself be. Happiness runs, happiness runs....
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The Interloper
What seems like a lifetime ago, I dated a guy with kids. Three little things ranging in age from 13 to 3, if I remember correctly. I remember being terrified of these kids. Their parents had recently...
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