Learning to live outside our past relationship — “Will you ever get back with your ex?” is a question I get asked all the time. Sure, our breakup was intense, involving families, friends, cars, and credit cards. Ten years is a long time to be in a relationship. …

Every time I reach out, I feel the heat pulsing on my hand. The closer my hand gets, the more pain I feel. Yet, I keep trying to reach out hoping one day my hand won’t burn from the flame that embodies something that isn’t there. All I can feel…

I have a small 5lb Yorkshire terrier who turned 15 years old this year. Living alone is difficult. Here are 10 roles my pup has fulfilled for me during this weird time. Dish Washer Licking dirty dishes sparkly clean. Security Blanket Sleeping on my lap to calm me down when…

I lived with someone who was emotionally abusive and passive-aggressive that I felt like my home was a jail cell. I was confined to my room. I would wait to hear the noise in the kitchen to stop and hear her close her room door, so I could go out…

I am trying to recount the number of people who let me down. I want to figure out why this keeps happening to me. This pattern seems like a repeating pain in my life. My reaction immediately after when someone lets me down is to blame myself. I always tell…

I don’t even talk to you, but you’ve imprisoned me in a cage where I’ve swallowed the key. You are just somebody on the other side of my phone who sporadically asks me for favors or money. …

Hello dad, daddy, father — whatever sounds the most endearing but distant at the same time. I’m stuck in a place where I have so many things I want to say to you, but also have nothing to say to you at all. Why do I feel so conflicted? You…

I don’t really know how to even start this without it sounding super selfish. My best friend was diagnosed with leukemia a few weeks ago. I basically lost myself and threw everything away to take care of him. I visited him every day in the hospital. I just wanted…