I looked up and saw a soothing waterfall cascading over moss-laden stones. It’s not often I see waterfalls above me as I lay on my back, but at least it was better than the two kittens and the ball of yarn. Why would I want to see two kittens playing with yarn? There was nothing [...]
I ran into an old acquaintance the other day at the grocery store. We made idle chit chat until we reached the passably polite point, and then, just as I turned and we made our goodbyes, she lobbed a conversational egg at my head and blurted: “What did you do to your hair?” The yolk [...]
I’ve been stewing for the last few days, letting my anger simmer. I know this is a bad thing for me to do, because all it does is hurt me and my teeth (as I gnash them together). But even with steady mantras, such as “I am filled with the love and light of the [...]
I have no idea how it happened. I don’t know the lead in, or how they arrived at that fateful moment. Instead, my mind draws pictures using the stories of thousands of girls like her, whose aggressors were nowhere near the public eye. I see the stereotype of a starry-eyed girl, quietly swooning over the [...]