Dear Dad at the Park Calling Your Son Chicken for Not Wanting to Slide

I can't get you out of my head.  Rather, I can't get your boy out of my head. After I heard you say it for the third time, "WHAT ARE YOU CHICKEN?" as your boy was at the top of the slide taking in his options, my blood was boiling. It crushed my heart to …

10 Simple Ways to Feel Better When Everything Seems Terrible

I am depressive.  I am comfortable in a funk.  I get down and dirty deep and dark and desperate.  I'm not talking about depression that needs to be medicated, but just a period of time where everything is terrible in my own head.  They are two different things, and I don't pretend that being clinically …

What it feels like to be an Alcoholic

At first it takes away all your fear.  That drink just warms you all over and suddenly you have confidence and you are the girl you always wanted to be.  All your qualms about being with other people, with men, just vanish. Melt away.  You think you've found your golden ticket.  The answer to all …