In case you don’t know, October is breast cancer awareness month. There are a couple misconceptions about breast cancer that I used to share. Those misconceptions are that if you don’t have a family history of breast cancer and don’t have the BRCA gene, breast cancer isn’t really a risk that you have to worry […]
Darkest Days
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Get Your Mammogram
In case you don’t know, October is breast cancer awareness month. There are a couple misconceptions about breast cancer that I used to share. Those misconceptions are that if you don’t have a family history of breast cancer and don’t have the BRCA gene, breast cancer isn’t really a risk that you have to worry […]
Another Sad & Shitty Day
On Christmas Day we found out that our sweet little furry friend Chewie had lung cancer. This came as a huge blow because she was so young and only three months ago we’d also had to put our Boxer to sleep (stupid, shitty cancer!). We took Chewie home and kept her comfortable and loved on […]
Not The Day I Expected
Yesterday I had an extra day off from work. I took my youngest to the doctor then to breakfast, we hit the Halloween store and did some other errands. My afternoon was pretty well planned out, I was in the middle of writing a blog post for newer writers about finding your writing community and […]
Reflecting on 2017
I’m quite late in doing this wrap-up for 2017. While I was preparing my reflection of the year, 2017 hit me with one more bomb. It’s taken me several weeks to brush off the dust and crawl out of the rubble that was left behind from that last explosion. But I’m moving on, I’ve pulled […]
When Life Interrupts the Creative Process
The thing about writing is that there’s a delicate, gossamer thread that’s ever so lightly attached between your creative mind and the ear-shattering, turbulent chaos of your everyday life. And sometimes it snaps. Too dramatic? Maybe. I’ve spent the last few weeks being consumed by the demands of my “real” life (aka- my nonwriting world). […]
Social Media Games
Disclaimer: I will not play your Facebook games. Or your Twitter games. I’m not talking about the Candy Crush or Farmville invitations I’m constantly getting (but really, please stop sending those). I’m referring to the recreational blocking, unfollowing and unfriending that happens on social media sites. We seem to have entered an era in which […]
On the Loss of Deputy Geer
Something is going on in my mind. For the past three mornings I’ve woken up at 4 am, unable to go back to sleep and with one thing on my mind. It isn’t a thing that directly impacted me, it won’t alter the day-to-day realities of the rest of my life, and yet I feel […]