It’s not smart to believe there is nothing after death. It’s sad. — Broken. Autopilot. Sleepwalker. Language falls short when it describes experiences that belong on the news happening to someone else. Or maybe in a horror movie. But not to you. The doctor was sending us home. None of the antibiotics they had been pumping through an IV into his veins for…

Could climate anxiety be causing more harm than global warming? — I feel sorry for people who have allowed the threat of climate change to sour their lives. I’m not supposed to say that. …

Fighting is a stupid thing to do, but it makes a great story — It sounds like something out of a fake Instagram video, but I really did brawl Wee Man at a dive bar. He was my most notable opponent, but unfortunately not the only person to feel my alcohol-fueled wrath. Some deserved it more than others. But you can be the judge…

Finding relief from the fire in the beauty of sorrow — Nothing captures the now like sadness. Plans for the future are difficult to attend to. Memories of the past seem fuzzy and belonging to someone else. Are they memories or just dreams? What’s the difference between the two? They are both equally elusive and unreal. It’s those damn words. Those…

Despite behavior that would make a spoiled brat blush, Johnny Depp emerges from his defamation trial worshiped by the mob. — I understand if you don’t believe me. Even my husband took some convincing. But I accomplished something that puts me up there with Buzz Lightyear as far as superhero abilities go. Up until yesterday, I had no idea what the outcome was of the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation…

Despite campaigns that say otherwise, bullying is thriving on and off the Internet — I really thought bullying wasn’t cool anymore. I graduated high school in 1997 and since then, campaigns against bullying and promoting tolerance have flooded what used to be television and later social media. These messages are parroted by the new breed of celebrities we’ve crowned as “influencers” and seemingly bring…

A street cat teaches me life’s greatest lesson — I fell in love with a 19-year-old boy when I was 22 because of his relationship with his dog. …

I used to think sex sans feelings meant progress for women — James and the Witch Until I was a teenager, I thought my first sexual experiences were with my childhood friend James. His family lived across the street from us, and his parents were long-time friends with my mom. …

The struggle to make peace with my body after a breast exam turns sexual and I fail at breastfeeding, twice — I was only 22 the first time I discovered a strange lump in my breast. I was watching TV when my boyfriend’s dog jumped up and hit my chest. I rubbed where it hurt and froze. It’s an eternal moment. …