Recently, I was on a hike with some friends, and one of them asked me if there is still passion after being with the same person for almost twenty years. “You know, like it was at the beginning when you can’t keep your hands off each other,” she said. The answer is a resounding yes. ...

At 5:23 p.m. on March 16th, 2008, in a coffee shop off Main Street, a bell rings. Sophie stumbles through the door, pushing her wild blonde hair back while the wind does its best to turn it into snarls. She’s met with her sister’s back. The cafe is quiet, so no one is there to ...

You’re the only one who knows my heart better than me. You’re the only one that God knew my heart needed.You’re the one who I know is meant to dwell in my heart and soul and call it your forever home. You’re the only one who mirrors my soul and its spirit perfectly. A seam that ...

I have a horrible confession to make. I watch Hallmark movies when I need to have noise in the background. I know I could just put in headphones and listen to music, but when I’m home alone I try not to have headphones in my ears so no one can surprise me. I know the ...

Alone for most of her life, she met him when her porcelain skin had wrinkled some and she had a few gray hairs amongst mostly black ones.  No one thought she’d marry.  However, she was still in her childbearing years.  They were to be married during the winter’s first snow.  But alas, he left her ...

**********************TRIGGER WARNING************************* Scene featuring suicide.   I’m taking a break from “The Novel” this week, but I’ll be back writing it in two weeks. Being a writer with a borderline personality disorder with OCD tendencies s exhausting.  I spend days, yes, days working on elaborate scenarios in which my boyfriend will leave me in my ...