Pendulum

You have a great capacity for gentleness. Turn it on yourself.

- A friend who sees me, and does not flinch.

Aristotlean virtue ethics holds that gentleness (or mildness) strikes the mean in anger; the gentle person does not deny or ignore anger. The gentle…

My childhood much like the childhoods of many other Americans involved divorce, spousal abuse, and ultimately ended with massive disillusionment when it came to the so-called American Dream; how typical.

In some ways this less than ideal school of hard knocks childhood builds character. You learn what phrases to say as to…

All the internet hugs to you if you want them.

I have been in that place, had countless male “friends” reveal themselves to be predatory and untrustworthy and sometimes downright terrifying. I wish neither of us had to know what it is like to lose all trust in men, to always be waiting for the other shoe to drop. I forgave…

I swim against

There are days that pass, they come in waves of weeks and months, and I don’t even think of you.

But when I do, I remember those bitter moments; they stain like wine on a wedding dress.