Humanity: Raw & Unfiltered
Princess cards she sends me with her regards, Oh, bar-room eyes shine vacancy To see her you gotta look hard ―Manfred Mann, For You I had just come off a ten-year stretch of depression, scattered with a few bouts of mania when Dan came into my life. For years I Read more
I sat on a chair perched beneath the window of the nurse’s station. Opposite me, a woman had parked herself on one of the grey plastic seats and thrown a blanket over her head, which she peeped out of now and again with just her left eye. An old burgundy Read more
New Mexico isn’t necessarily the land of enchantment! Those of you who really know me know that I am a HUGE arachnophobe. LIKE MAJOR! So I head out at 9:30 am in my sweet little Rav-4 and head down the interstate towards Albuquerque, about 30 minutes from my house. The desert Read more
As a teen, and young man, I suffered from Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). I hated my physical appearance and always thought myself fat, ugly, awkward, undesirable, and Spanx-worthy. In fact, had Spanx® existed back then, I would have covered myself from head to toe like a French saucisse, so I’d Read more
What’s it really like to walk into a room and debrief a terrorist who has agreed to work with the CIA? Pretty intimidating. These are not small matters: they are issues of life and death. This is a high-stakes game of manipulation and control. Let’s be honest about the guy Read more
Intuition sure is helpful (when we listen). Ever lamented that you SHOULD have listened to yourself? Or wished that your intuition was stronger? One of the best ways to enhance your intuition is to record it. Write down all the intuitive messages you receive. Then try to act on them. Read more
It was the middle of the afternoon. My mother’s voice was smoky and quiet, calming. I was five and a half years old.
“Billy, you and I are going to take a bath together, and I’m going to show you my breast. You know I had a mastectomy, and they removed my breast, but I’m better now, and I don’t want you to be afraid.”
I’ve been thinking a lot about the word Humanity since I penned a piece with the bold title. So, I looked it up. Not on the fancy, super speedy and convenient Wiki but old school style in Webster’s Dictionary. I wanted to step outside the cardboard, cookie cutter box and Read more
