I have noticed throughout my years of being a fat chick that people have a tendency to be very uncomfortable with the actual word “fat”. I'm not sure what it is about me (any of us “plus-sized” folk) using this word as a descriptor for ourselves that causes such visible discomfort, but you can practically... Continue Reading →
A Wonder Of Nature (poetry)
What should I write about today? Do I write about sunshine? Or summer skies of blue? What do I have to say? Do I talk about winter grays? And fog and clouds and chilly mornings? Where do I let my mind wander? To field of green and running rivers? Or bare trees and... Continue Reading →
So, I May Not Be Adulting Quite So Hard… Yet
Earlier today I wrote a post patting myself on the back for how well I have progressed into the scary world of adulting. For the most part. On most days. Well, some days. Sometimes. I'm working on it. I thought, since the list ended up not being quite as long as I had hoped when... Continue Reading →
Look At Me. I’m An Adult
You're supposed to become an adult at the ripe old age of eighteen in our beloved country. It has only taken me forty-two years to finally come of age. I can't say that I haven't been working at it. It's just taken me a little longer than others to get it down. Okay, so if... Continue Reading →
Stable
It has taken years for my doctors and psychiatrists to finally work out a cocktail of meds that actually work to balance out my moods and keep me stable enough to pay my bills, brush my teeth, make my bed, feed my kids. Well, my kids are old enough to feed themselves these days, but... Continue Reading →
Find The Funny
Mental illness; well, any illness, is never by-the-book. Every case will be different and every individual will handle their diagnosis and symptoms differently. Some with humor and enlightenment. Some with fear and isolation. Some like the superheroes that those with a chronic illness have a tendency to be. Me? I have a tendency to vacillate... Continue Reading →
Don’t Freeze Your Nipples Off
You know what is white, round and sick of it being 35 degrees outside? This girl! But wait! It's sunny outside and going to reach a high of a sweltering 62 degrees today. Now I know I shouldn't bitch. I know it's much colder elsewhere. I know that I have it good here in... Continue Reading →
Nudity Does Not Pornography Make (repost)
Or does it? nu·di·ty ˈn(y)o͞odədē/ noun the state or fact of being naked. Does just the state of being naked make something pornographic? Not according to the definition of pornography as listed below. por·nog·ra·phy pôrˈnäɡrəfē/ noun printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity, intended to stimulate erotic... Continue Reading →
Body, Heart and Soul (poetry)
You make my body weep with need with passion with obsession You make my heart ache with song with joy with love You make my soul seek you, always you I walk in the light of your existence You are exalted worshiped revered I carry you with me always in my heart in my soul... Continue Reading →
Jezebel (poetry)
I am jezebel Hear my song I sing of licentiousness of sin and corruption I am jezebel hear my song I sing you to stupor with the sound of debauchery and decadence in your soul I am jezebel hear my song a song of woman of man of mortal and creatures of the night I... Continue Reading →
