Anitra SimmonsLosing More Than My VirginityHe was on top of me, his weight suffocating and foreign. I could smell the Wrigley’s Spearmint gum he always chewed on his breath and the…Aug 18, 2019Aug 18, 2019
Anitra SimmonsLife and DeathI lay in bed on my back in the dark, unable to sleep. I close my eyes and see black so I squint to see something that is in-between life…Jul 21, 2019Jul 21, 2019
Anitra SimmonsMy GhostMy husband has stopped haunting me. No more lights going off and on, furniture vibrating, owls hooting outside my window before every…Dec 12, 2018Dec 12, 2018
Anitra SimmonsHow My Parents Influenced my Self EsteemI was raised by a mother who was extremely critical and hyper worried about what other people thought of her. She raised me to keep my…Aug 20, 2018Aug 20, 2018
Anitra SimmonsHow To Start Over When Life Throws Up On YouI continue to struggle to accept what life has brought me in an unwanted reboot. I guess losing half my immediate family in twenty-one…Aug 17, 2018Aug 17, 2018
Anitra SimmonsLosing My ReligionI can still remember the distinctive smell when entering the vestibule of Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. It was a combination of…Aug 7, 2018Aug 7, 2018
Anitra SimmonsDepression Squats In My SoulIn the last few months of life, depression has settled in like a bad virus throughout my body, squatting and festering in my soul. There is…Apr 29, 2018Apr 29, 2018
Anitra SimmonsThe Musings of a Dating Midlife WidowWhat no one told me after losing my husband to brain cancer, was that as a widow, I would go through a (for lack of better word) horny…Apr 23, 2018Apr 23, 2018
Anitra SimmonsMoving On To AngerSince death descended into my life I never dealt with the emotion, anger. When I sank low into depression, I was told by my therapist that…Apr 12, 2018Apr 12, 2018
Anitra SimmonsWhat Are We Working For?I have not had a job for six months. I’m not of retirement age but I have been employed full time since the age of seventeen. Over the…Apr 12, 2018Apr 12, 2018
