About turning another year older — The reason I’m mad With each new year Is not the wrinkles, (But maybe it is) It’s not the extra weight Around my middle, (But maybe it is) It’s not feeling more And more Irrelevant, (But maybe it is) The truth is, getting older Is hard And even though We know…

Read Positive — I didn’t know the word for anxiety I didn’t have words for Childhood trauma I didn’t know what it meant to disassociate My past had been tumultuous I had felt worn out, abused Unwanted I denied those feelings And kept plugging along Scared of my thoughts But brushing Them aside With drinks…

But the ache didn’t go away — This year I started drinking coffee and caffeine again After a 5 year abstinence And then I got back On anti-depressants after 5 years of none My five years of veganism took a hit this Week when I Reintroduced Eggs and had some sushi with fish These rules and guidelines I…

When I start to feel that pit in my stomach I look at it And think of you I had ink engraved Into my arm To signify Your meaning To me You were gone too soon Your life Hit me like shards Of glass And at the end All I could Do…

But I say, do whatever it takes to get sober. — Some people say not to get sober for anyone other than yourself. “You have to want it,” they say. But I say absolutely, please get sober for your kids. “You won’t stay sober if you are not doing it for yourself” Yes, and… Sometimes we need an internal motivator that…

God is the answer God is the answer to staring into the mirror And wishing our bodies could change Wishing we could morph Into someone or something else God is the answer to our creative lives Hoping and waiting for inspiration to come Lookup God is the answer to our…

Don’t you sometimes worry — That it will all fall apart? That one minute You are driving down The road Laughing your tail Off Without a care in the World And then you Get terrible news or hit a deer And you think Why? Why did I let my guard down? …