by Summer D Clemenson | Feb 6, 2024 | About Summer, Chronic Illness, Opinions
I have a person from the past that emails me. I always respond but I don’t tell them too much. Just enough. I know they love me but our relationship has always been toxic. It isn’t their fault. They are a good person they just need some help and I can’t give it to...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jan 29, 2024 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
Happy New Year! I don’t believe in making resolutions but I do believe in doing my best every day. So after committing to 7 books a month for the end of 2023, I decided that I might want to change gears to free up more time for other things. However, I still enjoy...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jan 26, 2024 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
I have this bag of books that my sister, Jamie Holloway, gave me that says Books for Joy on it. Joy is Jamie’s sister. Jamie lives in the Portland area and Joy lives near me. Both of them do not drive so I have been given the opportunity to read these books and pass...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jan 22, 2024 | Opinions
Very rarely does Karen G Clemenson share the pain of being Black. She has trained herself to focus on the growth, the goodness of the White people that have helped and loved her, and the moments worth celebrating as we evolve. But she had a moment of rawness as we...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jan 18, 2024 | About Summer, Opinions, Prayers & Thanksgiving
I have been thinking about a response I got to a post I made on Facebook last week about an interaction I had with someone. I didn’t post the conversation with the person because I wanted to get kudos for myself. I wanted to encourage anyone that needed it to make...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jan 15, 2024 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
Joan Ruth Bader was born on March 15, 1933. There were so many girls named Joan in her kindergarten class that her mother suggested she be called Ruth and that is how she is known for more official purposes. Ruth loved to read and write and was encouraged to be...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jan 12, 2024 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
I was handed a copy of The Contemplative Tarot A Christian Guide to the Cards by Brittany Muller by my sister,Jamie Holloway. My first thought was that I didn’t want anything to do with tarot. I was raised being told it was wrong. But after hearing her thoughts and...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jan 2, 2024 | Opinions, Prayers & Thanksgiving
I am working on this book that asks me a lot of questions. It makes me think a lot. I can’t just say I am reading this book because I have to think so much. It isn’t anything like what I was expecting. I don’t want to talk about it too much because I will do a book...
by Summer D Clemenson | Dec 27, 2023 | About Summer, Life, Opinions
I wrote a letter to my biological father and his 2nd wife this week. It took me about 3 days to get every thing written down that I had been holding against them for the last 40 years and answer any question or accusation they made against me in the letter they sent...
by Summer D Clemenson | Dec 22, 2023 | About Summer, Life, Opinions
Today I went to get a package I was expecting and was shocked to get the birthday card I didn’t want. I must have looked as terrible as I felt because Lorie asked if I was ok. I stuttered as I answered her. I can’t say I wasn’t surprised by what was in that purple...
by Summer D Clemenson | Dec 19, 2023 | About Summer, Life, Opinions
I think I met him when I was about 4 years old. He was a stylish man with black curly hair and my nana really liked him. He had a pretty smile. He was quick on his feet and he liked to play with us. I remember that quiet look of shock as I went through many stages,...
by Summer D Clemenson | Dec 15, 2023 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
We have reached the end of 2023 and it seems a good time reflect on my reading goals and what I learned while reading 7 children’s books each month. Children’s books are special. I learned that old children’s books are often nostalgic and teach classic ideas, where...
by Summer D Clemenson | Dec 1, 2023 | Opinions, Poetry
I breathe in because I am human I say your name because you are human too I have lived the life of a performer The lights the bystanders the costumes and makeup They cost too much I don’t keep my secrets anymore They are too heavy I want my yes to be yes and my...
by Summer D Clemenson | Nov 30, 2023 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez takes place in 1973 at the beginning of Civil Townsend’s career and in 2016 at the end of her career. Her voice is the narrator as she tells the story to her adopted daughter, Anne, as to why she did things the way she did...
by Summer D Clemenson | Nov 29, 2023 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd is a very special book and I am glad I read it. I had seen the movie before and I really enjoyed it but, as always I enjoyed the book more. This amazing story, mainly takes place in the summer of 1964 when Lily Owen turns 14...
by Summer D Clemenson | Nov 28, 2023 | About Summer, Cancer, Life, Opinions, Prayers & Thanksgiving
On November 12th she started really hurting. Karen G Clemenson gets aches and pains just like anyone but not like this. She rarely gets more than a runny nose and a slight headache. She is proud of her strength and health. She likes being strong, it is part of her...
by Summer D Clemenson | Nov 27, 2023 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
November has come and almost gone and one thing I am very thankful for is that I came from a family that loved to read and that love was shared with me. Reading has helped me to learn. Reading has been a favorite way to spend my time learning or traveling and...
by Summer D Clemenson | Nov 17, 2023 | About Summer, Chronic Illness, Life, Opinions, Prayers & Thanksgiving
I have been sick for about 3 weeks now which is a perfect time for growth and reflection. The first 4 days I am sure it was the flu but it changed and now I am thinking it is either a Fibromyalgia flare or maybe a reaction to the increase in Mounjaro. Being in a...
by Summer D Clemenson | Oct 31, 2023 | About Summer, Cancer, Life, Opinions, Queer Community
I have been feeling very vulnerable. It started yesterday. When there was an incident on Facebook between extended family members that went wrong. I thought I had removed everyone attached to people that knew someone that I need to stay separate from. But I was left...
by Summer D Clemenson | Oct 30, 2023 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
Happy October everyone. I hope you are enjoying the change of the season and that you don’t have too many aches and pains as the weather gets colder and wetter. Thankfully, I hear that it is supposed to dry for Halloween for the trick-or-treaters! Maybe after the kids...
by Summer D Clemenson | Oct 20, 2023 | Education, Fuel Your Wellness, Opinions, Wellness
This article was originally posted on Wellness Works NW on October 4, 2023. When I was in my mid-twenties I realized that I had gone several months without a period. I had always been irregular, and at the time I had a very stressful job but this seemed wrong; I had...
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