Poetry

  • The Dating World

    Bet you never thought you would hear those words out of me. Trust me, you aren’t the only one. But I managed to find myself in a position where I met a man, and I like him. And it really got me thinking about what I would want if I ever really re-entered the dating

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  • It’s Been A While

    I had to take a break, because it felt like I wasn’t enjoying this anymore. But now I’m back, and I realized how much I missed it. The last week has been rough (I say as someone who voted for Kamala Harris) but I know that if we stick together, we will make it through

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  • Settling In- Finally

    Let me start by saying how incredibly crazy my life has been the last month. I traveled to see my brother and his wife and daughter – across the county. I found out my sister is expecting a child. I almost adopted another cat. Oh, and we almost went to trial on a case that

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  • Finally Free

    I talk about my divorce a lot. And honestly it’s because it has been the biggest thing in my life for the last year. But today I finally got to truly close the door on that part of my life. Everything is final and done. The last piece that I was waiting to be transferred

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  • When we start out in our adult life, post schooling or post high-school graduation, no one ever really tells us how hard it is actually going to be. They don’t warn you about the bills or the actual cost of things. Maybe your parents did, but mine didn’t. And it’s been a harsh wake up

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  • Broken Fingers

    I did something quite stupid the other night. I managed to somehow shut my fingers in my car door. Yep. The thing that you would think that only children do – I managed to do it. Now, here’s a tip, they can’t really do anything for a broken finger. And really, I wasn’t expecting them

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  • 1 Year

    I have officially been at my job for a whole year. This is crazy to me. Really, what is crazy is how much my life has changed in that time. I’m divorced, I’ve moved back to the city I swore I wouldn’t live in again, and overall I think I’m happy. This has been a

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  • Settling In

    I’ve officially moved in both my personal life and my work life. The last two weeks have been pure chaos, but I am through them, and I really am starting to feel a lot better. It still looks like a bomb went off in my apartment (we don’t have a dumpster or recycling so I’m

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  • When even my therapist says “working with you is fun because I never know what you’re going to say happened this week,” you know that your life is truly pure chaos. In her defense, my life is a bit of a shit show at the moment. We have lulls and we have chaos highs, and

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