The Day My Anxiety Appeared

When I was younger I began to have anxiety. No one recognized it as such. It wasn’t until 5th grade that I…

The trauma from spring lingers

The other night on social media one of my friends from work posted about a student who is going through hard times.

The student’s mom has COVID-19 and is on a ventilator and is declining in health. The student contacted the teacher about it letting…

Sunday Thoughts

Sunday for my family is always the start of the week not the end of the week.

A night like this

On a night like this I am flooded with memories of my toddler running around the house giggling and playing. Thinking of the…

Well hello anxiety, my old friend

Ugh.

Dance Mama.

Follow in your mother’s footsteps.

Too much for barely being Wednesday

I sat in my office trying to prep for my class. My mind wandered.

Rough.

Today sucked. I sure needed this drink after today. Man on man, where the heck did this day go? It was rough.

Disconnected.

Damn. I awoke this morning feeling this looming anxiety. I didn’t sleep well but that’s been off and on all week as anxiety and the…

Pause.

It stopped. It all just stopped. The world, my writing, my child’s school, my workplace, my favorite places and seeing my family and friends.