I have been on Unemployment benefits from my state since my layoff just before the summer. I got on food stamps because I needed to be able to feed my son and unemployment is not enough. I have a spreadsheet tracker with all the jobs I have applied for since March and every time I […]
I don’t know how to mourn you because the you that left us is certainly not the you that I grew up with. The you that I recall was the one who held space for me in her home, always had kind words to direct my way, and an ear for my voice when I […]
Suddenly it was clear as day, the sun of you that you block from me is fueled by whatever self-built barriers you hold for yourself. Nothing to do with me and here I thought that it was my fault that you are unable to see me the way I wish you’d see me. I shivered […]
It’s as ice my skin prickly goosebumps and frustration my heart thumping within the ice block you direct my way I will warm again I am sure But I need to fly away from you.
This year thus far has been a bit of a roller coaster. Losing a job has been the big thing. And right at the time when so many others have lost theirs as well and the ecosystem is flooded with uncertainty and instability.’ It’s easy to get dizzy with disappointment. Applications are sent in but […]
Words bubble up and over, in their haste to take center scene crowding within themselves, aching to make a point and thud out against the soft white, the tale writing itself – unspooling undulating and dancing across the page, painting themselves out of your head, looking for a place to call home, a place for […]
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