Sterile
Sometimes, in the deepest, quietest parts of the night, as the black sky turns opaque and loneliness abounds, I find my hands creeping up...
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Tighttime reflections from a passionate wordsmith
MIDNIGHT MUSINGS
nighttime reflections from a passionate wordsmith
Nov 14, 2022
Failure to Thrive
The impact that childhood sexual assault has on a young, growing child is catastrophic and immeasurable. I can attest to that. But with...
Nov 6, 2022
Heart in Pieces
If you were to ask me to list my talents, drawing wouldn’t even make it on there. Don’t get me wrong, I can easily draw you a picture...
Oct 22, 2022
The Irony of Anorexia
I started writing the following piece many years ago, as a teenager completely ensnared in the claws of anorexia. Back then, I was so...
Feb 1, 2022
It’s Time To Tell My Story
(This essay was initially published in The Layers Project Magazine, a phenomenal online magazine that celebrates the voices of Jewish...
Dec 26, 2021
The Shame of a Secret or The Secret of Shame
This is the story of a secret so excruciating, so overwhelming in its magnitude that all you want to do is let it go. Each day you dream...
Nov 2, 2021
I Tell You
I tell you I hurt all over and you inform me that the pain is all in my head Okay, I think, Maybe it’s my anxiety that’s causing me to...
Oct 14, 2021
It Could Happen To You: How I Become Addicted to Painkillers
The following essay was originally published in The Layers Project Magazine. In my world, drugs were a shrouded secret, spoken about in...
Jan 31, 2021
My Best Friends
Welcome back my friend Sorrow how I’ve missed the way you hug my body tightly and never let go. Pleasure to see you, Worry my mind has...
Jan 5, 2021
Night
About a year and a half ago, I spent 5 weeks in Florida in a residential facility for people who have experienced trauma and suffer from...
Dec 22, 2020
Minor Details
The following piece depicts what life is like for many who suffer from a chronic illness. It was written at a very difficult time for me,...
Dec 14, 2020
The Rose
The trauma that comes from being sexual assaulted in any way can be incredibly debilitating and isolating. Experiencing sexual abuse can...
Dec 10, 2020
The Final Immersion
As you may have read in my other posts, I had a hysterectomy when I was 28 by an uninformed doctor who told me that having it would cure...
Dec 8, 2020
Safe
I initially posted this piece on an amazing website called Project Proactive (https://www.jproactive.com/). They are an incredible group...
Dec 7, 2020
Midnight Musings: The Poem
I wrote the following poem late one night; one of the many in which sleep had eluded me. After finally surrendering to the symphony of...
Dec 6, 2020
I have a confession...
I have a confession to make: I’m not writing this blog for you to read. In fact, I would be absolutely, perfectly content if not a single...
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