There are lots of new things happening here. Tish was smart enough to realize that if she wants me to hide while the door is open, I take off at top speed when she rings the doorbell.

Read Part 2 My Face For The World To See by Alfred Hayes was an awful book in Deirdre’s opinion, but she kept reading it out of morbid curiosity. When she’d finally flipped the last page, thoroughly disgusted with the characters, it landed on Ian’s nightstand.  “That was pointless,” she said, falling back onto the ...

Read Snow Skins – Part 1 here. Trigger Warning: Mentions of Sex San Francisco, when she arrived, was terrifying and exciting. Moving in with her friend was less so. They’d known each other since elementary school, and his girlfriend, Sarah, was even easier to get along with. Deirdre got hired at a bakery called Bake ...

It was an awful thing to give birth. To feel the blood escape while your body stretches around a thing that had been growing, living off of you, for months. Deirdre gripped the headboard of the bed. Three years ago, she’d never imagined this, would have laughed if you suggested it. But now, all she ...

Online dating has been around for a while now. It’s great if you have social anxiety; you can’t seem to talk to someone that may be a great potential match in person. Right? If you’re able to send them a text or a message – no harm, no foul. If only that were the case. ...

“Why be that upset? It isn’t as if he’s died.” “It sucks, but you deserve to be happy.” “Get over it and move on.” Losing someone you care about is quite possibly the hardest thing we experience as humans. It can be made even harder when that loss is felt not by death but by ...

i watched you die  and it didn’t happen with blood-stained hands and tear glass eyes    nobody came into the hospital waiting room to tell me they couldn’t help you  no    you go to your favorite coffee shop every day  i still see you driving to work you have a better car than before  ...

It is natural to feel frozen in place. The frustration builds with knowledge of necessary tasks. Frozen, but the ability is inside you. It’s something you’ve always known how to do, but it’s incomplete. You see the people around you moving forward. Why aren’t they frozen? Why is everything moving? I’m the only one frozen. The clock ...

Beginning to feel strong And worthy After so long Of Feeling the exact opposite Can be overwhelming   It can be Such a shock to the system To learn that You are more Than what they told you   To overcome When everything Was pointing To that being impossible   To feel A sense of ...

I want to thank you for everything. I should say thank you, shouldn’t I? Without you, I would never have learned how to overlook so much. You taught me a lot. Don’t rely on others – they won’t be there in the end. Only let people close enough to feel like they know me, but don’t ...