Humanity: Raw & Unfiltered
Sports Illustrated’s latest porn edition finds it’s way from the coffee table, to the bathroom, under the bed, stuffed in a backpack and back again. Yet again, it initiated an in-depth, conversation about women, body parts and age with my young son. “Mom, are her boobs real?” “I dunno.” “Her’s?” Read more
Collateral damage. The most accurate way to describe how I have come to this point in my life. To know how it feels to exist in a space I wasn’t wanted. To be born into a world I was never meant to be in. My entire existence is wrapped around Read more
Adults do it wrong when they arrange the world like picture postcards at a funeral. They do it wrong when they coordinate Christmas holidays for children. They do it wrong when they speak in whispers and foreign tongues, making sure their secrets aren’t revealed. They do it wrong when they Read more
In October of 1988, a neighbor of mine lost her husband in a freak car accident. I first heard the news in a conversation with my son’s teacher. “Did you hear about that accident the Friday night before Halloween? The most bizarre thing—a deer hit the car and went right Read more
we speak every six months or so my sister who moved away from me or me from her over time husband’s interests pulling us from hope to love close to loosely tied she is excited about a coloring book of fashion the latest rage suggested passing it to my granddaughter Read more
Keep walking, though there’s no place to get to. Don’t try to see through the distances. That’s not for human beings. Move within, but don’t move the way fear makes you move. – Rumi Nicole Harkin didn’t believe in making New Year’s resolutions. Like most people, she would break them Read more
under these stars life is hard pervasive illusions defeated demon delusions reappear and sear inferiority complex as I flex I resist and desist the temptation to return hate with hate emotions that suffocate sometimes I feel like I am still nursing my bleeding heels wrestling that f*ckin angel loving the Read more
