9 Things: First day of NaNoWriMo 2016
There are not enough antonyms for douche, bitch, asshole, harpy. I clearly need to make some up. Writing makes me evil and happy. And so happy to be evil. Is it...
Author: Ali Crean
You are invited!
You are invited to join the new Facebook Community I made to better direct those interested in more mental health focused posts and articles. Please come...
Dear Dena, by Dawnee Fuentes
Dena, I want the whole world to hurt because I’m hurting. It doesn’t seem fair that they get to go on. I want them to know that a piece of me died. ...
‘I Wish I Could Share Her With the World’ by Dawnee Fuentes
Our relationship got off to a rocky start. She was six and I was one when she fashioned a rope out of blankets and tied to it to my crib, trying to get me to cl...
Life Expectancy
I was 13, on my grandparents’ couch in June of 1987, when it first struck me that I wouldn’t live to see my 27th birthday. I had been reading a romance no...
Mahalie Mondays: Get Dizzy
This is the second week of Ms Mahalie’s haikus and this one always reminds me of being a kid and twirling in circles until I couldn’t stand and felt...
Wisdom Wednesday: My Introverted World
I am not just introverted, I find dealing with everyone an unmitigated hell due to social anxiety. Letters, email, chat programs, texts are my main vehicle for ...
Mahalie Mondays: The Bridge
My friend’s daughter Mahalie writes haikus. Mahalie is 6 years old and in Kindergarten so her mom, Nicole, helps her out–but the magic is straight f...
Wisdom Wednesday: My Introverted World
So many people don’t get how introverts feel. It’s not that I don’t like people. Most of my problem is that being with people or in a public p...
Wisdom Wednesday: My Introverted World
This is my life; my introverted world. …so yeah, where is your cat?