PinnedLoren A Olson MDinAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)Suicide Has Collateral DamageSurvivors are the true victims of suicide. For survivors, there is no such thing as closure.·6 min read·Mar 30, 2021--3--3
PinnedLoren A Olson MDinPrism & PenSometimes Love HurtsIs an affair a deal-breaker if you can’t find what you want at home?·14 min read·Dec 8, 2020--3--3
Loren A Olson MDI love my husband, and I love my wife, but I also love puppies and ice cream.While no one expects me to love puppies and my husband in the same way, some reject the idea that I can love both my husband and my wife.·1 min read·Jul 6, 2021----
Loren A Olson MDWe will all experience old age if we’re blessed to live that long, but it can be the best time in…I’m now a part of an age group that our society would prefer to be invisible and may feel worthy of being discarded.·1 min read·Jul 2, 2021----
Loren A Olson MDSecrets are like abscesses: they beg to be lanced but we fear the pain of rupturing them.Only when pus is drained from a wound, can healing begin.·1 min read·May 23, 2021----
Loren A Olson MDI had fantasies about sex with another man, but when I did, reality didn’t match the fantasy.I was married with two kids when I decided to give it a try. I didn’t want to be gay. I wanted a one-off blowjob to satisfy my curiosity.·1 min read·May 18, 2021----
Loren A Olson MDI wanted to flee my rural hometown to go somewhere, anywhere I could find people like me.Being gay in rural America was lonely. Most believed we were the only ones. Escaping was the only option.·1 min read·Mar 26, 2021----
Loren A Olson MDIt took me a long time to accept I am gay, but I missed some early clues.It’s not only young people who question if they are gay. Men and women in mid-life or older experience conflict about sexual orientation.·1 min read·Mar 11, 2021----
Loren A Olson MDNot every man who has sex with men is gay.An interviewer once said, “Any man who has had a penis is his mouth is gay.”·1 min read·Mar 9, 2021--1--1
Loren A Olson MDSadly, there are no such "gay churches" in Des Moines now.Recently, the Brass Garden closed. It was mostly a dance bar. It is in one of the oldest buildings in the East Village and is now going…1 min read·Feb 25, 2021----