An Invisible Sergeant

by | Sep 20, 2024 | Poetry

I had my team even though I didn’t want them I wasn’t properly trained But my uniform was always properly attired Three yellow chevron on blue was always attractive and polished ~ An invisible sergeant I was never given a horse even though my specialty was cavalry It...

I Tried to Call My Father Daddy Once

by | Sep 19, 2024 | About Summer, Opinions

I was a dad’s girl. I tried to call my father daddy once and we both gave each other a look. We both knew he wasn’t a daddy. It wasn’t that he didn’t love me. I knew he loved me. It was just that neither of us was overly cuddly. We were more logical. I was in grade...

5 Books for August 2025

by | Aug 29, 2024 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions

I can’t believe that summer break is over and school has begun again. Summertime flew by. It seems to go faster every year. I hope you got your reading in. I read 24 books over the summer. I think that is pretty good for me, considering only 9 of them were adult...

Triggered

by | Aug 14, 2024 | Poetry

He is natural in chaos I used to be but now I make different choices with all these emotions He commands the world regardless of the blood on his face and I wish the screaming in my head hadn’t begun when I saw the gunfire ~ The boy who shot him had hardly lived and...

Growing Pains

by | Aug 13, 2024 | About Summer, Cancer, Opinions, Queer Community

I am watching SEAL Team. It’s a rerun; the one where Jason’s wife is killed by a drunk driver. But this episode is not about Alana, it is totally about Jason. I am amazed to watch Jason’s entire team stop everything to support him. He is their leader but he is in need...

Learning About Methotrexate

by | Aug 12, 2024 | Fuel Your Wellness

Methotrexate is an oral medication, available in a solution or a in a tablet, used to treat several illnesses. I take methotrexate to address Psoriatic Arthritis and Osteoarthritis. I believe I began taking methotrexate in 2015. I also take folic acid to avoid side...

Forgiveness is the Best Gift Ever

by | Jul 29, 2024 | About Summer, Opinions

Rumination is probably my best unconscious sport. I bet if I went to the Olympics I could bring home a gold metal for ruminating. I don’t mean to. I have OCD and PTSD and Anxiety Disorder and between those three disorders sometimes I am stuck in the past, trying to...

5 Books for July 2024

by | Jul 24, 2024 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions

The best times I had as a kid were under the apple trees in my back yard. I would steal my mom’s old sheets and find some string or yarn and make a tent and live in there until I had to come out. When I wasn’t doing my doll’s hair I was reading. It was a great way to...

Weakless Week June 2024

by | Jul 12, 2024 | Fuel Your Wellness

This article was originally posted on Wellness Works NW on June 28, 2024. I have been in a bit of a rut lately and letting my self-care get a little lackadaisical. While I was scrolling on Facebook I saw an advertisement by Jason Seib for Weakless Week June 2024 and...

5 Books for June 2024

by | Jun 28, 2024 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions

It is officially summer time and the kids are home. There is no better reason to be reading children’s books. I hope you are enjoying time in any book you enjoy but if you have kids, there is no better time than time spent reading with your kids. When you read to kids...