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JD Summers

My Best Friend Found Love and I’m Profoundly Sad

I’ve been friends with Steve for six years. Not long after I bought this house, I learned that a single gentleman was living with his…

Jun 7

My Best Friend Found Love and I’m Profoundly Sad

Jun 7

JD Summers

The Girl Who Was Too Ashamed to Be a Writer

Starting at around age 12, I would take a notebook with me on our yearly excursions to the beach. My daddy and his neighbor would split the…

Mar 10

Mar 10

JD Summers

Emily

Emily was born in 1916 in rural eastern North Carolina, the youngest daughter of a poor sharecropper, Robert, and his wife, Pattie. In 1925…

Mar 10

Mar 10

JD Summers

Carrying a secret into mid-life

When I was younger, I had a drug problem. For about a year when I was 30. It was opiates.

Dec 13, 2023

Dec 13, 2023

JD Summers

A story about me, from the perspective of the 27-year-old young wife and mother living on my block.

There’s this really cool lady on my street. She is some kind of health care executive and I think she makes good money. She works from…

Nov 8, 2023

Nov 8, 2023

JD Summers

Dreams of Daddy

Usually when I have dreams, I forget them rather quickly the next day. Sometimes if a dream is particularly disturbing, I might remember it…

Oct 13, 2023

Oct 13, 2023

JD Summers

To my son on the eve of his 22nd birthday

My precious boy,

Jul 19, 2023

To my son on the eve of his 22nd birthday

Jul 19, 2023

JD Summers

Reflections on the Dark Side of Growing Up Gen-X

Reels, tweets, and social media posts abound, humorously highlighting the experiences of Gen-X kids who grew up without much adult…

Jul 11, 2023

Reflections on the Dark Side of Growing Up Gen-X

Jul 11, 2023

JD Summers

Journaling for Self-Care

Journaling has long been touted by mental health professionals to be an effective stress management tool. When I was going through a…

May 30, 2023

Journaling for Self-Care

May 30, 2023

JD Summers

Van Life, Day Three.

On February 2, 2020, several things happened.

May 30, 2023

Van Life, Day Three.

May 30, 2023

JD Summers

JD Summers

Renaissance woman, nurse, weirdo, generational curse breaker, middle-aged empty nester single mom, mother-f*cking boss-ass phoenix.

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